Mendi Rodan (Hebrew: מנדי רודן) (17 April 1929 – 9 May 2009) was an Israeli conductor and educator.
His parents made sure that all the children got extra tuition in languages, mathematics, physical education and music.
[1] Mendi, his mother and his brothers survived the war but suffered from extreme financial hardship.
As a result of the request he was fired from all his positions with the orchestra in Bucharest and forced to move to Bacău until his departure.
In honor of his 80th birthday, the Israel Stage Orchestra held a concert at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art led by seven young conductors who had studied with Rodan.
At a concert that took place on the day of his death, the audience and Israel Philharmonic observed a moment of silence in his honor.
Maestro Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic issued a statement expressing their condolences to the Rodan family and to the musical community in Israel, lowered their heads "at the passing of a musician of giant stature, a sensitive, Renaissance man, a true friend and a unique and talented conductor".