Herbert von Karajan
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1908-04-05
- Died
- 1989-07-16
- Place of birth
- Salzburg, Austria
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.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (90)
The Clouzot Scandal
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Il Trovatore - Verdi
1978
as Self - Conductor
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
1978
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Don Giovanni
1987
as Self - Conductor
La Bohème
1965
as Self - Conductor
Puccini's Madama Butterfly
1974
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: New Year's Eve Concert
1978
Otello
1973
as Conductor
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
1990
as Self - Conductor
Karajan - Beethoven: The Symphonies
2008
as Self - Conductor
Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro
2019
as Self - Music Conductor (archive footage)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
1978
as Self - Conductor
Karajan · Die Symphonien
2005
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9
1966
as Self - Conductor
Don Carlo
1986
as Self - Conductor
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977
as Self - Conductor
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Karajan in Rehearsal
1965
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
1986
as Self
Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Eroica
1972
as Conductor
Der Rosenkavalier
1984
as Self - Conductor
Pastorale
1967
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass
1985
Eroica - Director's Cut
2009
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2: New Year's Eve Concert 1984
1984
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Don Carlo
1986
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Also Sprach Zarathustra
2008
Verdi: Falstaff
2015
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008
as Self (archival footage)
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
2003
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5-8
2008
Rostropovich Life & Art
2007
as Self - Conductor
Karajan In Concert
2008
as Self - Conductor
Yehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan – Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 5
1966
as Self - Conductor
Karajan conducts Ravel and Debussy
1979
as Self
Impressions of Herbert von Karajan
1978
as Self
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
1971
as Self - Conductor
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
2008
as Self - Conductor
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
1970
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1-4
2008
Der Rosenkavalier
1962
as Self - Conductor
Verdi – Messa da Requiem
1967
as Self - Conductor
Menuhin and Karajan - The Concert Great Moments in Music
1966
Karajan conducts Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel)
1992
as Herbert von Karajan
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie
1973
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 7, 8 & 9
2005
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
1985
as Self
Herbert von Karajan, Symphonie n°5 Beethoven
1967
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
1984
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven: Symphony 1 & 8
1984
as Self
Brahms: The Symphonies
1980
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
2005
as Self - Conductor
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
1984
as Self - Conductor
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
1971
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote / Ein Heldenleben
2008
as Self - Conductor
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
2000
as Self - Conductor
Clouzot filme Karajan : la Symphonie du Nouveau Monde de Dvořák
as Chef d'Orchestre
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
1971
as Self
Karajan - Der Maestro und sein Festival
2017
as Self (archive)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World
1985
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
2001
as Self - 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
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
1987
as Self - Conductor
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens Siebente (Directors Cut)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklarung / Metamorphosen
2008
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
2005
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Live in Osaka
1984
as Self - Conductor
Ludwig Van Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
2023
as Conductor
Karajan: 1988 New Year's Concert - Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky
1999
Karajan: Beethoven: Violin Concerto
1984
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
2007
as Self
Karajan Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
2007
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
1986
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
2008
Karajan: Brahms: German Requiem
1985
as Conductor
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
1977
as Self - Conductor
Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorák - Symphony No. 9
1999
as Self - Conductor
Grace Bumbry is Carmen
2024
as Conductor
Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
1984
as dirigent
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat, Op. 23 (Karajan, Weissenberg, 1967)
1967
as self
Karajan: Opening Concert - Berlin 750 Years
2003
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
1987
as Self - Conductor
Inside Karajan
2008
as Self
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
2018
as Conductor
Maestro, Maestro! Herbert von Karajan
1999
as Self
About 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. P… With 96 credits spanning from 1957 to 2024, Herbert von Karajan has appeared in 90 films and 6 TV shows.
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- The Clouzot Scandal (2017) — as Self (archive footage)
- Il Trovatore - Verdi (1978) — as Self - Conductor
- Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem (1978) — as Self - Conductor
- Karajan: Beauty As I See It (2008) — as Self (archive footage)
- Don Giovanni (1987) — as Self - Conductor
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