Conducted the New York Philharmonic from 1943 to 1947. He was reputed to be pathologically jealous of Leonard Bernstein's success with that orchestra (Bernstein was assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic then, and had skyrocketed to fame conducting that orchestra at the last minute with no rehearsal, on November 14, 1943). Rodzinski reportedly once actually pulled a gun on Bernstein and waved it in the air.