Guido Cantelli

Guido Cantelli (April 27, 1920 - November 24, 1956) was promising Italian orchestral conductor whose career was tragically cut short by his death atage36an airplane crashParis, France. Incoursehis brief career, he had conducted not onlymany ofmost famous housesEurope but also inUnited StatesSouth Africa as well.

Arturo Toscanini was particularly impressed by him,he wrote innoteCantelli's wife Iris1950, after four concertsCantelli as guest conductor withNBC Symphony Orchestra:

I am happymovedinform youGuido's great successthat I introduced himmy orchestra, which loves him as I do. This isfirst timemycareer that I have metyoung man so gifted. He will go far, very far.[1]

Toscanini, who died1957, was never toldCantelli's death.

Cantelli leftsmall but valuable legacyrecordings.

Citation

• [1]Toscanini, Harvey Sachs, J.B. Lippincott, 1978 ISBN 0-397-01320-5