Original: He had the opportunity to attend many orchestral rehearsals in Milan led by such conductors as Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler and has told interviewers that Toscanini 's tyrannical and sometimes abusive manner towards musicians in rehearsal repelled him , and that he resolved to behave in the gentler manner of Bruno Walter .
Simplified: He studied music at the Milan Conservatory and often had the opportunity to listen to famous conductors rehearsing , e.g. Arturo Toscanini , Bruno Walter and Wilhelm Furtwängler .