“I came to the podium, and I found I could not speak. I had nothing to say. I could only stand there and cry.”

About Eugene Ormandy

Conductor • Hungarian-American

Eugene Ormandy was a Hungarian-American conductor and violinist, renowned for his 44-year tenure as the music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Born Jenő Blau in Budapest, he moved to the United States in 1921 and...