Herbert von Karajan
Acting
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.
TV Shows(6)
Movies(90)
Grace Bumbry is Carmen
Conductor
2024
Ludwig Van Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
Conductor
2023
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro
Self - Music Conductor (archive footage)
2019
Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable
Self (archive footage)
2019
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Conductor
2018
The Clouzot Scandal
Self (archive footage)
2017
Karajan - Der Maestro und sein Festival
Self (archive)
2017
Verdi: Falstaff
Self - Conductor
2015
Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life
Self (archive footage)
2012
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens Siebente (Directors Cut)
Self (archive footage)
2010
Eroica - Director's Cut
Self - Conductor
2009
Inside Karajan
Self
2008
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
Self (archive footage)
2008
Karajan - Beethoven: The Symphonies
Self - Conductor
2008
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self (archival footage)
2008
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
Self - Conductor
2008
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: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote / Ein Heldenleben
Self - Conductor
2008
Karajan In Concert
Self - Conductor
2008
Karajan Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
Self - Conductor
2007
Rostropovich Life & Art
Self - Conductor
2007
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
Self
2007
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
Self - Conductor
2005
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
Self - Conductor
2005
Karajan · Die Symphonien
Self - Conductor
2005
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 7, 8 & 9
Self - Conductor
2005
Karajan: Opening Concert - Berlin 750 Years
2003
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Self - Conductor
2003
Herbert von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Self - Conductor
2001
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Self - Conductor
2000
Karajan: 1988 New Year's Concert - Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky
1999
Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorák - Symphony No. 9
Self - Conductor
1999
Maestro, Maestro! Herbert von Karajan
Self
1999
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Self (archive footage)
1993
Karajan conducts Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel)
Herbert von Karajan
1992
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
Self - Conductor
1990
Don Giovanni
Self - Conductor
1987
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Self - Conductor
1987
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
Self - Conductor
1987
Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
1986
Herbert von Karajan conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Self
1986
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Don Carlo
1986
Don Carlo
Self - Conductor
1986
Herbert Von Karajan - Berliner Philarmoniker - Debussy: La Mer, Prélude A L'après-midi D'un Faune - Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé Suite No. 2
Conductor
1985
Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass
1985
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World
Self - Conductor
1985
Karajan: Brahms: German Requiem
Conductor
1985
Karajan: Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Self
1985
Karajan: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2: New Year's Eve Concert 1984
Self - Conductor
1984
Bach: Magnificat - Karajan
Self - Conductor
1984
Herbert von Karajan: Live in Osaka
Self - Conductor
1984
Der Rosenkavalier
Self - Conductor
1984
Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
dirigent
1984
Karajan: Beethoven: Violin Concerto
1984
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
Self - Conductor
1984
Karajan: Beethoven: Symphony 1 & 8
Self
1984
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
Self - Conductor
1984
Brahms: The Symphonies
Self - Conductor
1980
Karajan conducts Ravel and Debussy
Self
1979
Karajan: New Year's Eve Concert
1978
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Self - Conductor
1978
Impressions of Herbert von Karajan
Self
1978
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Self - Conductor
1978
Il Trovatore - Verdi
Self - Conductor
1978
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Self - Conductor
1977
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
Self - Conductor
1977
Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Self - Conductor
1974
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie
Self - Conductor
1973
Otello
Conductor
1973
Eroica
Conductor
1972
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Self
1971
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
Self - Conductor
1971
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
Self - Conductor
1971
Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
Self (archive footage)
1970
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
Self - Conductor
1970
Verdi – Messa da Requiem
Self - Conductor
1967
Pastorale
Self - Conductor
1967
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat, Op. 23 (Karajan, Weissenberg, 1967)
self
1967
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
Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9
Self - Conductor
1966
Menuhin and Karajan - The Concert Great Moments in Music
1966
Karajan in Rehearsal
Self - Conductor
1965
La Bohème
Self - Conductor
1965
Der Rosenkavalier
Self - Conductor
1962
Clouzot filme Karajan : la Symphonie du Nouveau Monde de Dvořák
Chef d'Orchestre