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Herbert von Karajan

1908 - 1989

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Herbert von Karajan (German: [ˈhɛʁbɛʁt fɔn ˈka(ː)ʁajan] ; born Heribert Ritter 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 World War II he conducted at the Berlin State Opera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert von Karajan has received more than 1,851,857 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Herbert von Karajan is the most popular conductor, the 34th most popular biography from Austria (up from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Conductor.

Herbert von Karajan was a German conductor who was most famous for his work with the Berlin Philharmonic.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Herbert von Karajan ranks 1 out of 97After him are Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Abbado, Arturo Toscanini, Zubin Mehta, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Sergiu Celibidache, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Karl Böhm, and Bruno Walter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Herbert von Karajan ranks 8Before him are Oskar Schindler, Abraham Maslow, James Stewart, Salvador Allende, Enver Hoxha, and Claude Lévi-Strauss. After him are Lyndon B. Johnson, Otto Skorzeny, Ian Fleming, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Olivier Messiaen, and Lev Landau. Among people deceased in 1989, Herbert von Karajan ranks 7Before him are Salvador Dalí, Hirohito, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Ruhollah Khomeini, Samuel Beckett, and Ted Bundy. After him are Konrad Lorenz, Sergio Leone, Georges Simenon, Andrei Sakharov, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, and Elena Ceaușescu.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Herbert von Karajan ranks 34 out of 1,237Before him are Romy Schneider (1938), Johann Strauss I (1804), Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552), Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578), Niki Lauda (1949), and Egon Schiele (1890). After him are Friedrich Hayek (1899), Anton Bruckner (1824), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Viktor Frankl (1905), Maximilian I of Mexico (1832), and Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557).

Among CONDUCTORS In Austria

Among conductors born in Austria, Herbert von Karajan ranks 1After him are Karl Böhm (1894), Erich Kleiber (1890), Felix Mottl (1856), Franz Welser-Möst (1960), and Otmar Suitner (1922).