Wanda Toscanini Horowitz
Female, TV program guest
1907 – 1998
Who was Wanda Toscanini Horowitz?
Wanda Giorgina Toscanini Horowitz was the daughter of the conductor Arturo Toscanini and the wife of pianist Vladimir Horowitz.
As a child, Wanda studied piano and voice. She never pursued a professional music career, fearing she could never live up to her father's exacting standards. Despite this, she was one of the few people who were willing to stand up to her father. When Arturo Toscanini refused to speak with her sister, Wally, following her affair with a married man, it was Wanda who confronted her father and insisted he reestablish contact.
At a Toscanini concert, she spotted the critic Virgil Thomson dozing during the performance. Knowing that Thomson frequently gave her father negative reviews, she approached him and announced, “I am Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, and I saw you sleep from the first note to the last. I hope you enjoyed the performance.”
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- Born
- Dec 7, 1907
Milan - Parents
- Spouses
- Vladimir Horowitz
(1933/12/21 - 1989/11/05)
- Vladimir Horowitz
- Nationality
- Italy
- Died
- Aug 21, 1998
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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