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Birthday: Apr 05, 1908
Place of Birth: Salzburg, Austria

Herbert von Karajan

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
Movie Cast Year
Karajan - Der Maestro und sein Festival Self (archive) 2017
Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen dirigent 1984
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 Self 1971
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 Self - Conductor 1971
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 Self - Conductor 1971
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Self - Conductor 1977
Karajan conducts Ravel and Debussy Self 1979
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987 Self - Conductor 1987
Herbert von Karajan conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 Self 1986
Karajan - Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies DVD Self - Conductor 2008
Sternstunden der Musik: Der Rosenkavalier mit Karajan in Salzburg 1960 dirigent 2020
La Bohème Self - Conductor 1965
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis - Herbert von Karajan Self - Conductor 2020
Clouzot filme Karajan : la Symphonie du Nouveau Monde de Dvořák Chef d'Orchestre 1970
Der Rosenkavalier Self - Conductor 1984
Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele Self (archive footage) 1970
Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass 1970
Karajan: Beethoven: Violin Concerto 1984
Karajan: 1988 New Year's Concert - Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky 1999
Karajan: Opening Concert - Berlin 750 Years 2003
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 Self 2007
Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem 1986
Otello Conductor 1973
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1-4 2008
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5-8 2008
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 2008
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklarung / Metamorphosen 2008
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Also Sprach Zarathustra 2008
Karajan: New Year's Eve Concert 1978
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Don Carlo 1986
Pastorale Self - Conductor 1967
Der Rosenkavalier Self - Conductor 1962
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic Self - Conductor 1999
Inside Karajan Self 2008
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World Self - Conductor 1985
Verdi – Messa da Requiem Self - Conductor 1967
Don Giovanni Self - Conductor 1987
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 7, 8 & 9 Self - Conductor 2005
Madama Butterfly Self - Conductor 1974
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens Siebente (Directors Cut) Self (archive footage) 2010
Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life Self (archive footage) 2012
Wagner: Das Rheingold Self - Conductor 1978
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past Self (archive footage) 1993
Karajan · Die Symphonien Self - Conductor 2005
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan) Self - Conductor 2008
Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorák - Symphony No. 9 Self - Conductor 1999
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem Self - Conductor 1984
Eroica Conductor 1972
Eroica - Director's Cut Self - Conductor 2009
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie Self - Conductor 1973
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 Self - Conductor 2005
Herbert von Karajan, Symphonie n°5 Beethoven Self - Conductor 1967
Yehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan – Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 5 Self - Conductor 1966
The Clouzot Scandal Self (archive footage) 2017
Karajan: Beauty As I See It Self (archive footage) 2008
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro Self - Music Conductor (archive footage) 2019
Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable Self (archive footage) 2019
Karajan Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 Self - Conductor 2007
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Self - Conductor 1978
Karajan in Rehearsal Self - Conductor 1965
Rostropovich Life & Art Self - Conductor 2007
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci Self - Conductor 1970
Brahms: The Symphonies Self - Conductor 1980
Il Trovatore - Verdi Self - Conductor 1978
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 Self - Conductor 2005
Don Carlo Self - Conductor 1986
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987 Self - Conductor 1987
Karajan: Beethoven: Symphony 1 & 8 Self 1984
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Self - Conductor 2000
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Self - Conductor 2003
Herbert von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Self - Conductor 1970
Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9 Self - Conductor 1966
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen Self (archival footage) 2008
Impressions of Herbert Von Karajan Self 1978
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 Self - Conductor 1984
Karajan: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2: New Year's Eve Concert 1984 Self - Conductor 2004
Karajan: Brahms: German Requiem Conductor 1985
Karajan: Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 Self 1985
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977 Self - Conductor 1977
Verdi: Falstaff Self - Conductor 2015
Series Cast Year
Lebensläufe Self 1978
Le Grand Échiquier Self - Main Guest 1972
Le Grand Échiquier Self 1972
Goldene Kamera Verleihung Self 1966
Zeugen des Jahrhunderts Self 1979
Zeichen der Zeit Self 1957
aspekte Self 1965
Der Sport-Spiegel Self 1963
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