Claudio Abbado

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

85

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

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

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    imagine…

  • ECHO-Verleihung

    ECHO-Verleihung

  • Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

  • Khovanshchina

    Khovanshchina

  • Lohengrin

    Lohengrin

  • Elektra

    Elektra

  • Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

    Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

  • Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

    Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

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

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

  • Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

  • Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

    Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

  • Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004

    Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004

  • Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

    Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

  • Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

    Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

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

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

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

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

  • Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

  • 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

  • A Verdi Gala from Berlin

    A Verdi Gala from Berlin

  • Abbado in Lucerne 2003

    Abbado in Lucerne 2003

  • Wozzeck

    Wozzeck

  • Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

    Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

  • Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

  • Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

    Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

  • European Concert 1994

    European Concert 1994

  • New Year's Concert 1991

    New Year's Concert 1991

  • 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

  • Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg

    Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg

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

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

  • Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994

    Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994

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

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

  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia

  • Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

    Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

  • Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

    Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

  • Conducting Mahler

    Conducting Mahler

  • The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

    The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

  • Meisterwerke der Klassik

    Meisterwerke der Klassik

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

  • Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Beethoven: The Symphonies

  • Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm

    Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm

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

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

  • Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin

    Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin

  • Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times

    Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times

  • Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

    Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

  • Abbado in Berlin – The First Year

    Abbado in Berlin – The First Year

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

  • Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

    Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

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

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

  • In Search of Beethoven

    In Search of Beethoven

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

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

  • Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm

    Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm

  • Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

    Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

  • Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo

    Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo

  • Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

    Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

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

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

  • Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

    Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

  • La Cenerentola

    La Cenerentola

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

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

  • 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

  • Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

    Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

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

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

  • To Play and to Fight

    To Play and to Fight

  • Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

    Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

  • Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

    Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

  • Verdi: Requiem

    Verdi: Requiem

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

    Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado

  • Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

    Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

  • Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos

    Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos

  • Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

    Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

  • Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

    Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

  • José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992

    José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992

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

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

  • Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

    Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 9

    Mahler: Symphony No. 9

  • A Russian Night

    A Russian Night

  • The Matchstick Men

    The Matchstick Men

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem

    Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem

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

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

  • Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8

    Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8

  • Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence

    Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence