Herbert von Karajan

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25 May

Spotlight Shostakovich: the tenth symphony

Dmitri Shostakovich and Karajan were about the same age. Karajan admired Shostakovich and he even admitted that if he had become a composer instead of a conductor...

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25 May

Karajan artists: The European Union Youth Orchestra – a question of conviction

“Of all the big-name conductors who worked with the EUYO in 1980s none brought more conviction to the task than Karajan...”

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18 May

Karajan artists: David Oistrakh – Brahms at the summit

David Oistrakh was one of the preeminent violinists of the 20th century...

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18 May

Spotlight Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet”

Like many of his early masterworks, Tchaikovsky’s overture “Romeo and Juliet” had a difficult genesis...

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