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Christoph von Dohnányi

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Christoph von Dohnányi was born on 8 September 1929 in Berlin, Germany. He is known for Being John Malkovich (1999), Der junge Lord (1969) and Elektra (2005).
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    Known for

    John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich (1999)
    Being John Malkovich
    7.7
    • Music Department(Bartok excerpt, uncredited)
    • 1999
    Der junge Lord (1969)
    Der junge Lord
    8.1
    • Music Department
    • 1969
    Elektra (2005)
    Elektra
    Video
    • Music Department
    • 2005
    Primadonnen - Ein festliches Opernkonzert
    TV Special
    • Music Department
    • 1969

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    • Ariadne auf Naxos (2006)
      Ariadne auf Naxos
      TV Movie
      • conductor
      • 2006
    • Elektra (2005)
      Elektra
      Video
      • conductor
      • 2005
    • Ariadne auf Naxos (2001)
      Ariadne auf Naxos
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • conductor
      • 2001
    • John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich (1999)
      Being John Malkovich
      7.7
      • conductor: Bartok excerpt (uncredited)
      • 1999
    • Salome (1997)
      Salome
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • conductor
      • 1997
    • Diana Rigg in Cleveland Plays the Proms (1994)
      Cleveland Plays the Proms
      TV Movie
      • conductor
      • 1994
    • Fidelio (1990)
      Fidelio
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • conductor
      • 1990
    • Dohnanyi and the Cleveland Orchestra
      TV Special
      • musical director and conductor
      • 1987
    • La femme sans ombre
      TV Movie
      • musical director
      • 1980
    • Ich liebe dich - Melodien, die die Welt verzaubern
      TV Movie
      • choir
      • orchestra
      • 1971
    • Der junge Lord (1969)
      Der junge Lord
      8.1
      • conductor
      • 1969
    • Primadonnen - Ein festliches Opernkonzert
      TV Special
      • orchestra
      • 1969

    Soundtrack



    • Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Liza Colón-Zayas, Jeremy Allen White, Abby Elliott, Edwin Lee Gibson, Lionel Boyce, Matty Matheson, and Ayo Edebiri in The Bear (2022)
      The Bear
      8.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 'Italian': IV. Saltarello (Presto)"
      • 2024
    • John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich (1999)
      Being John Malkovich
      7.7
      • performer: "Allegro, from Music for Strings"
      • 1999

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    • Born
      • September 8, 1929
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Other works
      His ballet, "The Shadow," was performed with Franck's ballet, "Symphonic Variations," and Ravel's ballet, "Daphnis and Chloe," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Philip Chatfield, Svetlana Beriosova, Derek Rencher, Merle Park, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, and Desmond Doyle in the cast.

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      Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1984 to 2002.

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