Claudio Abbado

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

77

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-06-26

Day of death

2014-01-20 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Milano, Italy

Claudio Abbado

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

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5

    Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5

  • Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

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    imagine…

  • ECHO-Verleihung

    ECHO-Verleihung

  • A Verdi Gala from Berlin

    A Verdi Gala from Berlin

  • Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3

    Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3

  • European Concert 1994

    European Concert 1994

  • Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

    Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

  • Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

    Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

  • Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

    Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

  • Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

    Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

  • Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3

    Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3

  • La Cenerentola

    La Cenerentola

  • Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

  • Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

    Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

  • Khovanshchina

    Khovanshchina

  • Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

  • Elektra

    Elektra

  • Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

    Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

  • Meisterwerke der Klassik

    Meisterwerke der Klassik

  • Wozzeck

    Wozzeck

  • The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999

    The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999

  • Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

    Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

  • Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg

    Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg

  • Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

    Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

  • The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997

    The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997

  • The Matchstick Men

    The Matchstick Men

  • Mahler Symphony No.4 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio Abbado

    Mahler Symphony No.4 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio Abbado

  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia

  • Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin

    Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin

  • Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

    Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

  • Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

    Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

  • Claudio Abbado, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska – Lucerne Festival At Easter

    Claudio Abbado, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska – Lucerne Festival At Easter

  • Conducting Mahler

    Conducting Mahler

  • A Russian Night

    A Russian Night

  • Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

    Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

  • Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

  • The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

    The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

  • Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

    Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

  • To Play and to Fight

    To Play and to Fight

  • Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm

    Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm

  • In Search of Beethoven

    In Search of Beethoven

  • The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998

    The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

  • Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

    Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

  • Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm

    Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm

  • Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

    Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande

  • The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2000

    The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2000

  • Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994

    Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994

  • Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

    Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

  • Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

    Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

  • Verdi: Requiem

    Verdi: Requiem

  • Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos

    Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos

  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 9

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9

  • Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7

    Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7

  • Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

    Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

  • The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1996

    The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1996

  • Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Lieder

    Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Lieder

  • Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem

    Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival

    Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival

  • Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

    Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

  • Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo

    Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo

  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

  • Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

    Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

  • Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado

    Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado

  • Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

    Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

  • Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8

    Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8

  • Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

    Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

  • Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

    Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

  • Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert

    Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert

  • Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New World

    Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New World