Karajan

American  

[kar-uh-yuhn, kah-rah-yahn] / ˈkær ə yən, ˈkɑ rɑˌyɑn /

noun

1. Herbert von 1908–1989, Austrian conductor.

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Karajan British  

/ ˈkaːrajan /

noun

1. Herbert von (ˈhɛrbɛrt fɔn). 1908–89, Austrian conductor

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Example Sentences

He was awarded the Herbert von Karajan music price for lifetime achievement in December 2008 in Baden-Baden, southern Germany.

From BBC

After graduating, though, he moved to Vienna, where he turned toward music, soaking up the fertile opera scene of the early 1970s and singing a few times in choruses conducted by Herbert von Karajan.

From New York Times

“It was in the day when Karajan and Georg Solti were the two poles,” Palumbo said.

From New York Times

“And I became kind of absorbed by Karajan’s style, this rounder, mellower, deeper quality of sound.”

From New York Times

And he found a parallel to the Karajan style in the old Italian school when he became the assistant to Dallas Opera’s chorus master, Roberto Benaglio.

From New York Times