Autumn is inherently a season of gratitude, when traditional harvest festivals bring communities together to celebrate a year of demanding labor and the bounty it has finally yielded—a timeless atmosphere captured vividly in our Bruegel-inspired cover image, where villagers share food, dance, and make music amid the freshly harvested fields.…
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The Swiss pianist Edwin Fischer was one of the most distinguished Bach, Mozart and Beethoven interpreters of his generation. Born in 1886, he was 22 years older than Karajan. Their first joint concert...
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When he cast singers for young characters like Eva in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” and Marzelline in “Fidelio” Karajan was always keen on voices that sounded really young. Helen Donath had such a voice...
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Otto Edelmann (the name means “noble man” in German) was a singer Karajan loved to work with. The bass-baritone from Vienna was “trained” by Karajan...
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Here you can download the full curriculum vitae of Herbert von Karajan!
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