Artur Bodanzky

Artur Bodanzky was an important Austrian conductor, notable for fast, intense performances and a wide repertory. His early musical training was on violin and at the age of 18, he became a member of the Vienna Hofoper orchestra (the Imperial Court Opera, now known as the Vienna State Opera). In 1900, he got his first conducting job, conducting an 18-piece theater orchestra in the town of Ceske Budejovice in an operetta called The Geisha. Gustav Mahler hired him to be his assistant in 1903 at the Vienna Opera, which gave his career a major boost. After that, he rose rapidly and ...