Herbert von Karajan (born Heribert Ritter[a] von Karajan; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg Festival, with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and during the Second World War he conducted at the Berlin State Opera. Generally regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, he was a controversial but dominant figure in European classical music from the mid-1950s until his death. Part of the reason for this was the large number of recordings he made and their prominence during his lifetime. By one estimate, he was the top-selling classical music recording artist of all time, having sold an estimated 200 million records. The Karajans were of Macedonian Greek ancestry. Herbert's great-great-grandfather, Georg Karajan (Geórgios Karajánnis, Greek: Γεώργιος Καραγιάννης), was born in Kozani, in the Ottoman province of Rumelia (now in Greece), leaving for Vienna in 1767, and eventually Chemnitz, Electorate of Saxony. His last name, like several other Ottoman-era ones, contains the Turkish language prefix "kara", which means "black". He and his brother participated in the establishment of Saxony's cloth industry, and both were ennobled for their services by Frederick Augustus III on 1 June 1792, thus adding the prefix "von" to the family name. This usage disappeared with the abolition of Austrian nobility after World War I. The surname Karajánnis became Karajan. Although traditional biographers ascribed a Slovak and Serbian or simply a Slavic origin to his mother, Karajan's family from the maternal side, through his grandfather who was born in the village of Mojstrana, Duchy of Carniola (today in Slovenia), was Slovene. Aromanian heritage has also been claimed. Through the Slovene line, Karajan was related to the Slovenian-Austrian composer Hugo Wolf. He also seems to have known some Slovene. Heribert Ritter von Karajan was born in Salzburg, Austria-Hungary, the second son of senior consultant Ernst von Karajan (1868–1951) and Marta (née Martha Kosmač; 1881–1954) (married 1905). He was a child prodigy at the piano. From 1916 to 1926, he studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Franz Ledwinka (piano), Franz Zauer (harmony), and Bernhard Paumgartner (composition and chamber music). He was encouraged to concentrate on conducting by Paumgartner, who detected his exceptional promise in that regard. In 1926 Karajan graduated from the conservatory and continued his studies at the Vienna Academy, studying piano with Josef Hofmann (a teacher with the same name as the pianist) and conducting with Alexander Wunderer and Franz Schalk. Karajan made his debut as a conductor in Salzburg on 22 January 1929. The performance got the attention of the general manager of the Stadttheater in Ulm and led to Karajan's first appointment as assistant Kapellmeister of the theater. His senior colleague in Ulm was Otto Schulmann. After Schulmann was forced to leave Germany in 1933 with the NSDAP takeover, Karajan was promoted to first Kapellmeister. ... Source: Article "Herbert von Karajan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Grace Bumbry is Carmen
2024·0.0
Ludwig Van Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
2023·0.0
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro
2019·7.0
Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable
2019·10.0
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
2018·0.0
The Clouzot Scandal
2017·6.5
Karajan - Der Maestro und sein Festival
2017·0.0
Verdi: Falstaff
2015·0.0
Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life
2012·0.0
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens Siebente (Directors Cut)
2010·0.0
Inside Karajan
2008·0.0
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
2008·0.0
Karajan - Beethoven: The Symphonies
2008·0.0
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008·0.0
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
2008·9.0
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1-4
2008·0.0
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5-8
2008·0.0
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
2008·0.0
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklarung / Metamorphosen
2008·0.0
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Also Sprach Zarathustra
2008·0.0
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote / Ein Heldenleben
2008·0.0
Karajan In Concert
2008·0.0
Karajan Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
2007·0.0
Rostropovich Life & Art
2007·7.0
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
2007·10.0
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
2005·0.0
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
2005·0.0
Karajan · Die Symphonien
2005·0.0
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 7, 8 & 9
2005·10.0
Karajan: Opening Concert - Berlin 750 Years
2003·0.0
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
2003·0.0
Herbert von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
2001·0.0
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
2000·0.0
Karajan: 1988 New Year's Concert - Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky
1999·0.0
Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorák - Symphony No. 9
1999·0.0
Maestro, Maestro! Herbert von Karajan
1999·0.0
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
1993·9.0
Karajan conducts Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel)
1992·0.0
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
1990·0.0
Don Giovanni
1987·8.7
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
1987·0.0
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
1987·7.0
Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
1986·10.0
Herbert von Karajan conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
1986·0.0
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Don Carlo
1986·0.0
Don Carlo
1986·0.0
Herbert Von Karajan - Berliner Philarmoniker - Debussy: La Mer, Prélude A L'après-midi D'un Faune - Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé Suite No. 2
1985·0.0
Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass
1985·0.0
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World
1985·9.0
Karajan: Brahms: German Requiem
1985·0.0
Karajan: Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
1985·0.0
Karajan: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2: New Year's Eve Concert 1984
1984·0.0
Bach: Magnificat - Karajan
1984·0.0
Herbert von Karajan: Live in Osaka
1984·0.0
Der Rosenkavalier
1984·10.0
Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
1984·0.0
Karajan: Beethoven: Violin Concerto
1984·0.0
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
1984·8.0
Karajan: Beethoven: Symphony 1 & 8
1984·0.0
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
1984·0.0
Brahms: The Symphonies
1980·9.0
Karajan conducts Ravel and Debussy
1979·0.0
Karajan: New Year's Eve Concert
1978·10.0
Wagner: Das Rheingold
1978·2.0
Impressions of Herbert von Karajan
1978·0.0
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
1978·0.0
Il Trovatore - Verdi
1978·6.3
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977·9.0
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
1977·0.0
Puccini's Madama Butterfly
1974·9.5
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie
1973·0.0
Otello
1973·8.0
Eroica
1972·10.0
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
1971·0.0
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
1971·0.0
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
1971·8.0
Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
1970·0.0
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
1970·8.5
Verdi – Messa da Requiem
1967·9.0
Pastorale
1967·7.2
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat, Op. 23 (Karajan, Weissenberg, 1967)
1967·0.0
Herbert von Karajan, Symphonie n°5 Beethoven
1967·0.0
Yehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan – Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 5
1966·7.0
Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9
1966·0.0
Menuhin and Karajan - The Concert Great Moments in Music
1966·0.0
Karajan in Rehearsal
1965·0.0
La Bohème
1965·7.7
Der Rosenkavalier
1962·7.5