The Most Famous
CONDUCTORS from Croatia
This page contains a list of the greatest Croatian Conductors. The pantheon dataset contains 97 Conductors, 3 of which were born in Croatia. This makes Croatia the birth place of the 12th most number of Conductors behind France and Czechia.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Croatian Conductors of all time. This list of famous Croatian Conductors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Felix Weingartner (1863 - 1942)
With an HPI of 57.69, Felix Weingartner is the most famous Croatian Conductor. His biography has been translated into 31 different languages on wikipedia.
Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (2 June 1863 – 7 May 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist.
2. Lovro von Matačić (1899 - 1985)
With an HPI of 53.84, Lovro von Matačić is the 2nd most famous Croatian Conductor. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Lovro von Matačić (14 February 1899 – 4 January 1985) was a Croatian conductor and composer.
3. Artur Rodziński (1892 - 1958)
With an HPI of 49.14, Artur Rodziński is the 3rd most famous Croatian Conductor. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Artur Rodziński (2 January 1892 – 27 November 1958) was a Polish-American conductor of orchestral music and opera. He began his career after World War I in Poland, where he was discovered by Leopold Stokowski, who invited him to be his assistant with the Philadelphia Orchestra. This engagement led to Rodziński becoming music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He also prepared the NBC Symphony Orchestra for Arturo Toscanini before the Italian conductor's debut with them. A dispute in Chicago led to Rodziński's dismissal in 1948, whereupon he shifted his career to Europe, eventually settling in Italy, although continuing to maintain a home in Lake Placid, New York. In November 1958, beset by heart disease, he made his professional return to the United States for the first time in a decade, conducting acclaimed performances of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Exhausted, he checked into Massachusetts General Hospital where he died 11 days later.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as conductors born between 1863 and 1899. Of these 3, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased conductors include Felix Weingartner, Lovro von Matačić, and Artur Rodziński.
Deceased Conductors
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Felix Weingartner
1863 - 1942
HPI: 57.69
Lovro von Matačić
1899 - 1985
HPI: 53.84
Artur Rodziński
1892 - 1958
HPI: 49.14
Which Conductors were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Conductors since 1700.
