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

Self

The Matchstick Men

Self - Conductor

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

Self - conductor

Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

Self - Conductor

European Concert 1994

Self - Conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

Self - Conductor

Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

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

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

Self - Conductor

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

Self - Conductor

Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Self - Conductor

A Verdi Gala from Berlin

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8

Self - Conductor

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

Self - Conductor

Verdi: Requiem

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Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

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Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg

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Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

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Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo

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Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin

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Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm

Self - Conductor

La Cenerentola

Self - Conductor

Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

Self . Conductor

Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

Self - Conductor

Khovanshchina

Self - Conductor

Wozzeck

Self - Conductor

Elektra

Self

Claudio Abbado: Die Stille nach der Musik

Self

In Search of Beethoven

Self - Conductor

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

Self - Conductor

Conducting Mahler

Self - Conductor

A Russian Night

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Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado

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

Self – Conductor

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

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Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

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

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Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

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Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Self - Conductor

Die Berliner Philharmoniker in Japan 1994

Self - Conductor

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Self - Conductor

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos

Self - Conductor

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Self - Conductor

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

Self

The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

Self - Conductor

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

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

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Beethoven: The Symphonies

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Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

Self

Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

Self - Conductor

Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm

Self - Conductor

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

Self - Conductor

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

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Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem

Self - Conductor

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Self - Conductor

Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

Self - Conductor

Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

Self - Conductor

Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

Self - Conductor

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

Self - Interviewee

Tocar y Luchar

Self - Conductor

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

Self - Conductor

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

Self - Conductor

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

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

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

Self - Conductor

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

Conductor

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

Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado Lucerne Festival 2005

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

71

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-06-26

Place of Birth

Milano, Italy

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