- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 5, 1908
- Place of Birth
- Salzburg, Austria
- Died
- July 16, 1989
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…
Filmography
movieGrace Bumbry is Carmen
2024 · Conductor, Music Director
movieLudwig Van Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
2023 · Conductor
movieEye of the Beholder
2021 · Musician
movieKarajan: Portrait of a Maestro
2019 · Self - Music Conductor (archive footage)
movieRostropovich: L'archet Indomptable
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieMascagni: Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
2018 · Conductor
movieThe Clouzot Scandal
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Karajan - Der Maestro und sein Festival
2017 · Self (archive)
movieWagner: Die Walküre
2017 · Director
movieVerdi: Falstaff
2015 · Self - Conductor
Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Karajan dirigiert Beethovens Siebente (Directors Cut)
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieEroica - Director's Cut
2009 · Self - Conductor
Inside Karajan
2008 · Self
movieKarajan: Beauty As I See It
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieKarajan - Beethoven: The Symphonies
2008 · Self - Conductor, Music
movieHerbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008 · Self (archival footage)
movieBeethoven · Missa Solemnis (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)
2008 · Self - Conductor, Director
movieKarajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1-4
2008 · , Director
movieKarajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5-8
2008 · , Director
movieKarajan: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
2008 · , Director
movieKarajan: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklarung / Metamorphosen
2008 · , Director
movieKarajan: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Also Sprach Zarathustra
2008 · , Director
movieKarajan: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote / Ein Heldenleben
2008 · Self - Conductor
movieKarajan In Concert
2008 · Self - Conductor, Director
movieKarajan Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
2007 · Self - Conductor, Director
movieRostropovich Life & Art
2007 · Self - Conductor
movieKarajan - Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
2007 · Self
movieKarajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6
2005 · Self - Conductor
movieKarajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
2005 · Self - Conductor
movieKarajan · Die Symphonien
2005 · Self - Conductor
movieKarajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 7, 8 & 9
2005 · Self - Conductor
movieKarajan: Opening Concert - Berlin 750 Years
2003
movieHerbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
2003 · Self - Conductor
movieHerbert von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
2001 · Self - Conductor
movieHerbert Von Karajan: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
2000 · Self - Conductor
movieKarajan: 1988 New Year's Concert - Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky
1999
movieHerbert Von Karajan: Dvorák - Symphony No. 9
1999 · Self - Conductor
Maestro, Maestro! Herbert von Karajan
1999 · Self
movieThe Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Karajan conducts Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel)
1992 · Herbert von Karajan, Director
movieVivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
1990 · Self - Conductor
movieDon Giovanni
1987 · Self - Conductor, Music Director
movieNeujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
1987 · Self - Conductor
movieHerbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
1987 · Self - Conductor
movieKarajan: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
1986 · , Director, Conductor
Herbert von Karajan conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
1986 · Self
movieHerbert von Karajan: Verdi: Don Carlo
1986 · , Director
movieDon Carlo
1986 · Self - Conductor, Director
movieHerbert Von Karajan - Berliner Philarmoniker - Debussy: La Mer, Prélude A L'après-midi D'un Faune - Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé Suite No. 2
1985 · Conductor
movieKarajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass
1985 · , Director
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9: From the New World
1985 · Self - Conductor
Karajan: Brahms: German Requiem
1985 · Conductor
movieKarajan: Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
1985 · Self
movieKarajan: Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2: New Year's Eve Concert 1984
1984 · Self - Conductor
movieBach: Magnificat - Karajan
1984 · Self - Conductor
movieHerbert von Karajan: Live in Osaka
1984 · Self - Conductor
movieDer Rosenkavalier
1984 · Self - Conductor, Director
movieKarajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
1984 · dirigent, Director
movieKarajan: Beethoven: Violin Concerto
1984
movieHerbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
1984 · Self - Conductor
Karajan: Beethoven: Symphony 1 & 8
1984 · Self
movieBeethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
1984 · Self - Conductor
movieBrahms: The Symphonies
1980 · Self - Conductor, Director
tvZeugen des Jahrhunderts
1979 · Self
movieKarajan conducts Ravel and Debussy
1979 · Self
movieKarajan: New Year's Eve Concert
1978 · , Director
movieWagner: Das Rheingold
1978 · Self - Conductor, Director
movieImpressions of Herbert von Karajan
1978 · Self
Biographies
1978 · Self
movieKarajan Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
1978 · Self - Conductor, Director
movieIl Trovatore - Verdi
1978 · Self - Conductor, Music
movieBeethoven Symphony No. 9
1977 · Self - Conductor
movieThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977
1977 · Self - Conductor
moviePuccini's Madama Butterfly
1974 · Self - Conductor
movieKarajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie
1973 · Self - Conductor, Director
movieOtello
1973 · Conductor
movieEroica
1972 · Conductor
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self - Main Guest
movieBeethoven - Symphony No. 5
1971 · Self
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
1971 · Self - Conductor
movieBeethoven - Symphony No. 7
1971 · Self - Conductor
movieVon Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
1970 · Self (archive footage)
movieCavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci
1970 · Self - Conductor, Director
movieVerdi – Messa da Requiem
1967 · Self - Conductor
Pastorale
1967 · Self - Conductor, Music
movieTchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat, Op. 23 (Karajan, Weissenberg, 1967)
1967 · self
Herbert von Karajan, Symphonie n°5 Beethoven
1967 · Self - Conductor
movieBizet Carmen
1967 · Director, Conductor, Stage Director
movieYehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan – Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 5
1966 · Self - Conductor
movieKarajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9
1966 · Self - Conductor
movieMenuhin and Karajan - The Concert Great Moments in Music
1966 · , Conductor
aspekte
1965 · Self
movieKarajan in Rehearsal
1965 · Self - Conductor
movieLa Bohème
1965 · Self - Conductor, Producer
Der Sport-Spiegel
1963 · Self
movieDer Rosenkavalier
1962 · Self - Conductor
Zeichen der Zeit
1957 · Self
movieClouzot filme Karajan : la Symphonie du Nouveau Monde de Dvořák
— · Chef d'Orchestre