Claudio Abbado
Acting
Born June 26, 1933 · Milano, Italy
Biography
Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor. He served at various times as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, founder and director of Lucerne Festival Orchestra, music director of European Union Youth Orchestra, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra.
Known For · 40 titles
Great Performances
Kulturplatz
Le Grand Échiquier
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ECHO-Verleihung
Meisterwerke der Klassik
Conducting Mahler
Macbeth
The Barber of Seville
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
To Play and to Fight
Khovanshchina
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2000
From the House of the Dead
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande
Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms
Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert
Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival
Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Lieder
Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1996
Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître
Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem
Europakonzert 1991 from Prague
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
New Year's Concert 1991
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9
Abbado in Lucerne 2003
The Matchstick Men