{"id":45851,"date":"2024-08-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8881d105-8051-449f-84ba-cd808d84aa0d"},"modified":"2024-08-05T13:07:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T11:07:16","slug":"herbert-von-karajan-godlike-conductor-ambitious-autocrat-and-nazi-party-member","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/herbert-von-karajan-godlike-conductor-ambitious-autocrat-and-nazi-party-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbert von Karajan: godlike conductor, ambitious autocrat and Nazi Party member"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Monday, 05 August 2024 at 10:00 AM<\/p>

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Read on to discover Karajan’s relationship with the Nazi Party…<\/strong><\/p>

The Soprano Christa Ludwig described him as \u2018Le bon Dieu\u2019. And scores of musicians, reviewers and listeners have long regarded him as simply untouchable in the art of conducting. <\/p>

Principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic<\/a><\/strong> for 34 years, there was, however, much about Herbert von Karajan that was distinctly ungodlike. Ruthlessly ambitious as a young man and grimly autocratic in his later years, his life story is marked by bitter rivalries, feuds and, most notoriously, membership of the Nazi Party.<\/p>

But then, just listen to the results. It’s fascinating to look at the career, the controversy and the achievements of a conductor who still intrigues fans and detractors like no other musician.<\/p>