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Karajan

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

noun

  1. Herbert von 1908–1989, Austrian conductor.


Karajan British  
/ ˈkaːrajan /

noun

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

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Karajan probably never conducted a bad performance of Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony, but did he ever lead a more hell-for-leather reading than this one?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Yet here, on the Berliners’ own label, is a deluxe set of 24 discs, complete with lavish hardbound book, featuring Karajan and the orchestra in radio broadcasts from 1953 through 1969.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

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

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

This was Callas’s first time with the renowned conductor Herbert von Karajan at the baton, and she didn’t disappoint.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2024

Karajan says that she was an ausgezeichnete singer and pianist.

From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 by Hughes, Rupert

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