Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan born Sunday April 5, 1908 in Salzburg, Austria as Heribert Ritter von Karajan. He was a child prodigy on the piano. Later he became an orchestra and opera conductor, one of the most renowned 20th century conductors. His obituary in the New York Times described him as "probably the world's best-known conductor and one of the most powerful figures in classical music." Karajan conducted the Berlin Philharmonic for thirty-five years. He is the top-selling classical music recording artist of all time, estimated at over 200 million records sold. We should not forget those great people who epitomize the best of our Western Civilization. In my opinion Herbert von Karajan was the greatest conductor of the 20th century, the greatest conductor in the greatest civilization ever to exist on this planet. Herbert died on Sunday July 16, 1989 he was 81 years old.