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Karajan: New Year's Eve Concert
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Herbert von Karajan
Also known as: Herbert Karajan, Heribert Karajan, Karajan
Acting
Born:April 5, 1908
Died:July 16, 1989(aged 81)
Birthplace:Salzburg, Austria
Nationality:Austria
Education:Mozarteum University Salzburg, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
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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 (86 movies)
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Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
2007
as Self
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Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 7, 8 & 9
2005
as Self - Conductor
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Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
1986
Director
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Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable
2019
as Self (archive footage)
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Eroica
1972
as Conductor
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Eroica - Director's Cut
2009
as Self - Conductor
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Madama Butterfly
1974
as Self - Conductor
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Brahms: The Symphonies
1980
Director
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The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
1993
as Self (archive footage)
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Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977
as Self - Conductor
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Don Giovanni
1987
as Self - Conductor
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Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
2008
Director
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Verdi – Messa da Requiem
1967
as Self - Conductor
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Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
1970
Director
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Wagner: Die Walküre
2017
Director
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Der Rosenkavalier
1962
as Self - Conductor
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Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
1984
as Self - Conductor
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La Bohème
1965
Producer
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
1971
as Self - Conductor
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Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro
2019
as Self - Music Conductor (archive footage)
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Rostropovich Life & Art
2007
as Self - Conductor
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Yehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan – Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 5
1966
as Self - Conductor
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Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
1987
as Self - Conductor
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Bizet Carmen
1967
Director
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The Clouzot Scandal
2017
as Self (archive footage)
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Pastorale
1967
as Self - Conductor
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Il Trovatore - Verdi
1978
as Self - Conductor
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
1978
Director
Karajan in Rehearsal
1965
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9
1966
as Self - Conductor
Verdi: Falstaff
2015
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008
as Self (archival footage)
Impressions of Herbert Von Karajan
1978
as Self
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
1977
as Self - Conductor
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
1971
as Self
Karajan conducts Ravel and Debussy
1979
as Self
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
1987
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
1986
as Self
Karajan - Der Maestro und sein Festival
2017
as Self (archive)
Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
1984
Director
Clouzot filme Karajan : la Symphonie du Nouveau Monde de Dvořák
TBA
as Chef d'Orchestre
Karajan: Beethoven: Violin Concerto
1984
Karajan: 1988 New Year's Concert - Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky
1999
Karajan: Opening Concert - Berlin 750 Years
2003
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1-4
2008
Director
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5-8
2008
Director
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
2008
Director
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklarung / Metamorphosen
2008
Director
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Also Sprach Zarathustra
2008
Director
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Don Carlo
1986
Director
Inside Karajan
2008
as Self
Grace Bumbry is Carmen
2024
as Conductor
Bach: Magnificat - Karajan
1984
as 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
1985
as Conductor
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat, Op. 23 (Karajan, Weissenberg, 1967)
1967
as self
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote / Ein Heldenleben
2008
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Live in Osaka
1984
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Karajan In Concert
2008
Director
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
1971
as Self - Conductor
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
1984
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2: New Year's Eve Concert 1984
1984
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Brahms: German Requiem
1985
as Conductor
Karajan: Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
1985
as Self
Karajan - Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies DVD
2008
as Self - Conductor
Der Rosenkavalier
1984
Director
Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass
1985
Director
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
2003
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
2001
as Self - Conductor
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World
1985
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven: Symphony 1 & 8
1984
as Self
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
1990
as Self - Conductor
Karajan Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
2007
Director
Otello
1973
as Conductor
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens Siebente (Directors Cut)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Karajan · Die Symphonien
2005
as Self - Conductor
Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorák - Symphony No. 9
1999
as Self - Conductor
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie
1973
Director
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
2000
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
2005
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
2005
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan, Symphonie n°5 Beethoven
1967
as Self - Conductor
Don Carlo
1986
Director
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
1978
Director
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