Claudio Abbado
Known for
Acting
Born
June 26, 1933
Birthplace
Milano, Italy
Died
January 20, 2014 (aged 80)
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.
Best known work
Great Performances
1971
imagine…
2003
La Cenerentola
1981
In Search of Beethoven
2009
The Barber of Seville
1973
Lohengrin
1990
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
1993
Khovanshchina
1989
Conducting Mahler
2002Filmography
TBA
Mahler Symphony No.4 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio Abbadoas Self - Conductor
TBA
From the House of the Deadas self
2026
2025
Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Timesas Self - Conductor
2024
2022
2016
Claudio Abbado: The Last Concertas Self - Conductor
2015
Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concertas Self - Conductor
2014
2014
2013
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestraas Self - Conductor
2013
2013
Beethoven: The Symphoniesas Self - Conductor
2012
2011
Mahler: Symphonies 1-7as Self - Conductor
2011
Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New Worldas Self - Conductor
2011
Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)as Self . Conductor
2011
2011
2010
Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Liederas Self - Conductor
2010
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3as Self - Conductor
2009
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphonyas Self - Conductor, Conductor
2009
A Russian Nightas Self - Conductor
2009
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisandeas Self - Conductor
2009
In Search of Beethovenas Self