Acting
Herbert von Karajan
DE, FR, EN, IT cinema · 94 credits
Born
5 April 1908
Died
16 July 1989 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Salzburg, Austria
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.
Known for
Filmography
Grace Bumbry is Carmen
as Conductor, Music Director
Please Call Me Claudio: The Visionary Claudio Abbado
2024
Please Call Me Claudio: The Visionary Claudio Abbado
as Self (archive footage)
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro
as Self - Music Conductor (archive footage)
Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable
as Self (archive footage)
Karajan - Der Maestro und sein Festival
2017
Karajan - Der Maestro und sein Festival
as Self (archive)
The Clouzot Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
Wagner: Die Walküre
Director
Verdi: Falstaff
as Self - Conductor
Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorak - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
as Self, Conductor
Karajan - Das zweite Leben
2012
Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life
as Self (archive footage)
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens Siebente (Directors Cut)
2010
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens Siebente (Directors Cut)
as Self (archive footage)
Karajan - Beethoven: The Symphonies
as Self - Conductor, Music
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Also Sprach Zarathustra
Actor, Director
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
as Self - Conductor, Director
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
as Self (archive footage)
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
as Self (archival footage)
Karajan: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote / Ein Heldenleben
as Self - Conductor
Karajan In Concert
as Self - Conductor, Director
Karajan Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
as Self - Conductor, Director
Rostropovich Life & Art
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 7, 8 & 9
as Self - Conductor
Karajan · Die Symphonien
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
as Self - Conductor
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
as Self - Conductor
Herbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
as Self - Conductor
Herbert Von Karajan: Dvorák - Symphony No. 9
as Self - Conductor
Maestro, Maestro! Herbert von Karajan
1999
Maestro, Maestro! Herbert von Karajan
as Self
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
as Self (archive footage)
Karajan conducts Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel)
1992
Karajan conducts Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel)
as Herbert von Karajan, Director
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
as Self - Conductor
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
as Self - Conductor
Don Giovanni
as Self - Conductor, Music Director
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Actor, Conductor, Director
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Don Carlo
Actor, Director
Don Carlo
as Self - Conductor, Director
Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass
Actor, Director
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World
1985
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World
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
as Conductor, Conductor
Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
as dirigent, Director
Der Rosenkavalier
as Self - Conductor, Director
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
as Self - Conductor
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2: New Year's Eve Concert 1984
as Self - Conductor
Bach: Magnificat - Karajan
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan: Live in Osaka
as Self - Conductor
Brahms: The Symphonies
as Self - Conductor, Director
Karajan: New Year's Eve Concert
Actor, Director
Wagner: Das Rheingold
as Self - Conductor, Director
Karajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
as Self - Conductor, Director
Il Trovatore - Verdi
as Self - Conductor, Music
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
as Self - Conductor
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
as Self - Conductor, Conductor
Puccini's Madama Butterfly
as Self - Conductor
Otello
as Conductor, Conductor
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie
as Self - Conductor, Director
Eroica
as Conductor
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
as Self - Conductor
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
1971
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
as Self - Conductor
Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
as Self - Conductor, Conductor, Director
Pastorale
1967
Pastorale
as Self - Conductor, Music
Verdi – Messa da Requiem
as Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan, Symphonie n°5 Beethoven
1967
Herbert von Karajan, Symphonie n°5 Beethoven
as Self - Conductor
Bizet Carmen
Director, Conductor, Stage Director
Clouzot filme Karajan : la Symphonie du Nouveau Monde de Dvořák
as Chef d'Orchestre
Yehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan – Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 5
as Self - Conductor
Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9
as Self - Conductor
La Bohème - Teatro alla Scala
as Self - Conductor, Producer, Conductor
Karajan in Rehearsal
as Self - Conductor
Der Rosenkavalier
as Self - Conductor