Herbert von Karajan
Acting • Born 1908-04-05 – Died 1989-07-16
Biography
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.
Filmography
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Karajan - Der Maestro und sein Festival
Movie • 2017
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Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
Movie • 1984
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Movie • 1971
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
Movie • 1971
Self - Conductor
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
Movie • 1971
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Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Movie • 1977
Self - Conductor
Karajan conducts Ravel and Debussy
Movie • 1979
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Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Movie • 1987
Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Movie • 1986
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Karajan - Beethoven: The Symphonies
Movie • 2008
Self - Conductor
La Bohème
Movie • 1965
Self - Conductor
Clouzot filme Karajan : la Symphonie du Nouveau Monde de Dvořák
Movie
Chef d'Orchestre
Der Rosenkavalier
Movie • 1984
Self - Conductor
Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
Movie • 1970
Self (archive footage)
Karajan: Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Movie • 1984
Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass
Movie • 1985
Karajan: 1988 New Year's Concert - Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky
Movie • 1999
Karajan: Opening Concert - Berlin 750 Years
Movie • 2003
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
Movie • 2007
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Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Movie • 1986
Otello
Movie • 1973
Conductor
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1-4
Movie • 2008
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5-8
Movie • 2008
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
Movie • 2008
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklarung / Metamorphosen
Movie • 2008
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Also Sprach Zarathustra
Movie • 2008
Karajan: New Year's Eve Concert
Movie • 1978
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Don Carlo
Movie • 1986
Pastorale
Movie • 1967
Self - Conductor
Der Rosenkavalier
Movie • 1962
Self - Conductor
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
Movie • 1990
Self - Conductor
Inside Karajan
Movie • 2008
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Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World
Movie • 1985
Self - Conductor
Verdi – Messa da Requiem
Movie • 1967
Self - Conductor
Don Giovanni
Movie • 1987
Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 7, 8 & 9
Movie • 2005
Self - Conductor
Madama Butterfly
Movie • 1974
Self - Conductor
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens Siebente (Directors Cut)
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Movie • 1978
Self - Conductor
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Karajan · Die Symphonien
Movie • 2005
Self - Conductor
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
Movie • 2008
Self - Conductor
Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorák - Symphony No. 9
Movie • 1999
Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
Movie • 1984
Self - Conductor
Eroica
Movie • 1972
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Karajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie
Movie • 1973
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Eroica - Director's Cut
Movie • 2009
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Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
Movie • 2005
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Herbert von Karajan, Symphonie n°5 Beethoven
Movie • 1967
Self - Conductor
Yehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan – Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 5
Movie • 1966
Self - Conductor
The Clouzot Scandal
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro
Movie • 2019
Self - Music Conductor (archive footage)
Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Movie • 1978
Self - Conductor
Karajan Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
Movie • 2007
Self - Conductor
Karajan in Rehearsal
Movie • 1965
Self - Conductor
Rostropovich Life & Art
Movie • 2007
Self - Conductor
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
Movie • 1970
Self - Conductor
Brahms: The Symphonies
Movie • 1980
Self - Conductor
Il Trovatore - Verdi
Movie • 1978
Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
Movie • 2005
Self - Conductor
Don Carlo
Movie • 1986
Self - Conductor
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
Movie • 1987
Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven: Symphony 1 & 8
Movie • 1984
Self
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Movie • 2003
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Herbert von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Movie • 2001
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Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Movie • 2000
Self - Conductor
Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9
Movie • 1966
Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Movie • 2008
Self (archival footage)
Impressions of Herbert von Karajan
Movie • 1978
Self
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
Movie • 1984
Self - Conductor
Karajan: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2: New Year's Eve Concert 1984
Movie • 1984
Self - Conductor
Karajan: Brahms: German Requiem
Movie • 1985
Conductor
Karajan: Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Movie • 1985
Self
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
Movie • 1977
Self - Conductor
Verdi: Falstaff
Movie • 2015
Self - Conductor
Bach: Magnificat - Karajan
Movie • 1984
Self - Conductor
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat, Op. 23 (Karajan, Weissenberg, 1967)
Movie • 1967
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Karajan: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote / Ein Heldenleben
Movie • 2008
Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Live in Osaka
Movie • 1984
Self - Conductor
Karajan In Concert
Movie • 2008
Self - Conductor
Herbert Von Karajan - Berliner Philarmoniker - Debussy: La Mer, Prélude A L'après-midi D'un Faune - Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé Suite No. 2
Movie • 1985
Conductor
Grace Bumbry is Carmen
Movie • 2024
Conductor
Maestro, Maestro! Herbert von Karajan
Movie • 1999
Self
Ludwig Van Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
Movie • 2023
Conductor
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Movie • 2018
Conductor
Menuhin and Karajan - The Concert Great Moments in Music
Movie • 1966
Biographies
TV • 1978
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Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self - Main Guest
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
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Zeugen des Jahrhunderts
TV • 1979
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Zeichen der Zeit
TV • 1957
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aspekte
TV • 1965
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Der Sport-Spiegel
TV • 1963
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