Dimitri Mitroupoulos on the conductor's podium with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Don Berg, ca. 1945.

Dmitri Mitropoulos rehearsing the Minneapolis Symphony, March 25, 1948. Photo from the St. Paul Dispatch–Pioneer Press.

Members of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (including conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos, center) prepare to go on tour, February 5, 1940.

Dimitri Mitropoulos conducts the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra on March 5, 1948.

Dimitri Mitropoulos (standing, right) conducts a student vocal soloist performing with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra on March 5, 1948.

Dimitri Mitropoulos (seated, center) with sixth graders attending a children’s concert at the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. From the Minneapolis Daily Times, January 22, 1947.

Dimitri Mitropoulos (center), born a citizen of Greece, becomes a US citizen during a ceremony held in Minneapolis. From the Minneapolis Daily Times, March 13, 1946.

Dimitri Mitropoulos (right) prepares to sign a two-year contract with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Bruce Sifford Studio, April 27, 1941. The contract was later extended, and Mitropoulos remained the conductor of the orchestra until 1949.

Dimitri Mitropoulos rehearsing the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, ca. 1940.