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Ka·ra·jan

 (kär′ə-yän′), Herbert von 1908-1989.
Austrian conductor. In 1955 he became conductor for life of the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Karajan

(German ˈkaːrajan)
n
(Biography) Herbert von (ˈhɛrbɛrt fɔn). 1908–89, Austrian conductor
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Ka•ra•jan

(ˈkær ə yən, ˈkɑr əˌyɑn)

n.
Herbert von, 1908–89, Austrian conductor.
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Legendary conductor Herbert von Karajan found the Filipino tenor good enough as substitute for tenor Luis Lima who backed out due to vocal indisposition.
Dumay was trained under maestro violinists Arthur Grumiaux and Nathan Milstein and his international career took off when he was invited as a soloist to appear on stage with world-class conductor Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra where Karajan was principal conductor.
Legendary conductor Herbert von Karajan was for many years its artistic director.
This is an orchestra which has Beethoven coursing through its veins (the first-ever complete symphony recording was one of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, set down by the BPO under Artur Nikisch in 1913), with Herbert von Karajan its most renowned martinet conductor since the years of regular recording.
The Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste has a long and illustrious heritage that dates back to its inception as a permanent ensemble in 1944, and has performed under the batons of legends such as Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Riccardo Mutti and Sir Neville Marriner.
13 in G major, "Eine Meine Natchmusik" (K 525), may be compared to those of Karel Bohm, while eclipsing the, in my opinion, overestimated creations of Herbert von Karajan. As regards the Andante cantabile from Tchaikovsky's Quartet No.
World-class conductors from Herbert von Karajan to Mstislav Rostropovich recorded there, but by the 1970s and '80s, the stage had fallen into disuse.
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