Karajan

[kar-uh-yuhn, kah-rah-yahn]

noun

1. Herbert von 1908–1989, Austrian conductor.

Karajan

/ ˈkaːrajan /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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