Acting
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
Grace Bumbry is Carmen
Film · 2024
Please Call Me Claudio: The Visionary Claudio Abbado
Film · 2024
Ludwig Van Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
Film · 2023
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro
Film · 2019
Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable
Film · 2019
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Film · 2018
Karajan - Der Maestro und sein Festival
Film · 2017
The Clouzot Scandal
Film · 2017
Verdi: Falstaff
Film · 2015
Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorak - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
Film · 2015
Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life
Film · 2012
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens Siebente (Directors Cut)
Film · 2010
Karajan - Beethoven: The Symphonies
Film · 2008
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1-4
Film · 2008
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
Film · 2008
Karajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5-8
Film · 2008
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklarung / Metamorphosen
Film · 2008
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Also Sprach Zarathustra
Film · 2008
Inside Karajan
Film · 2008
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
Film · 2008
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
Film · 2008
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Film · 2008
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote / Ein Heldenleben
Film · 2008
Karajan In Concert
Film · 2008
Karajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
Film · 2007
Karajan Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
Film · 2007
Rostropovich Life & Art
Film · 2007
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 7, 8 & 9
Film · 2005
Karajan · Die Symphonien
Film · 2005
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
Film · 2005
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
Film · 2005
Karajan: Opening Concert - Berlin 750 Years
Film · 2003
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Film · 2003
Herbert von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Film · 2001
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Film · 2000
Karajan: 1988 New Year's Concert - Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky
Film · 1999
Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorák - Symphony No. 9
Film · 1999
Maestro, Maestro! Herbert von Karajan
Film · 1999
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Film · 1993
Karajan conducts Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel)
Film · 1992
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
Film · 1990
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Film · 1987
Don Giovanni
Film · 1987
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
Film · 1987
Brahms Symphony No. 1 - Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan
Film · 1987
Herbert von Karajan conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Film · 1986
Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Film · 1986
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Don Carlo
Film · 1986
Don Carlo
Film · 1986
Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass
Film · 1985
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World
Film · 1985
Karajan: Brahms: German Requiem
Film · 1985
Karajan: Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Film · 1985
Herbert Von Karajan - Berliner Philarmoniker - Debussy: La Mer, Prélude A L'après-midi D'un Faune - Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé Suite No. 2
Film · 1985
Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
Film · 1984
Der Rosenkavalier
Film · 1984
Karajan: Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Film · 1984
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
Film · 1984
Karajan: Beethoven: Symphony 1 & 8
Film · 1984
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
Film · 1984
Karajan: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2: New Year's Eve Concert 1984
Film · 1984
Bach: Magnificat - Karajan
Film · 1984
Herbert von Karajan: Live in Osaka
Film · 1984
Brahms: The Symphonies
Film · 1980
Karajan conducts Ravel and Debussy
Film · 1979
Zeugen des Jahrhunderts
Series · 1979
Karajan: New Year's Eve Concert
Film · 1978
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Film · 1978
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Film · 1978
Il Trovatore - Verdi
Film · 1978
Impressions of Herbert von Karajan
Film · 1978
Biographies
Series · 1978
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Film · 1977
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
Film · 1977
Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Film · 1974
Otello
Film · 1973
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie
Film · 1973
Eroica
Film · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
Film · 1971
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
Film · 1971
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
Film · 1971
Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
Film · 1970
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
Film · 1970
Pastorale
Film · 1967
Verdi – Messa da Requiem
Film · 1967
Herbert von Karajan, Symphonie n°5 Beethoven
Film · 1967
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat, Op. 23 (Karajan, Weissenberg, 1967)
Film · 1967
Clouzot filme Karajan : la Symphonie du Nouveau Monde de Dvořák
Film · 1966
Yehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan – Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 5
Film · 1966
Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9
Film · 1966
Menuhin and Karajan - The Concert Great Moments in Music
Film · 1966
La Bohème - Teatro alla Scala
Film · 1965
Karajan in Rehearsal
Film · 1965
aspekte
Series · 1965
Der Sport-Spiegel
Series · 1963
Der Rosenkavalier
Film · 1962
Zeichen der Zeit
Series · 1957