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Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado

Actor · 1933–2014 · Milano, Italy

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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.

Acted in 17

2020s

  1. 2022

    Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004

    Conductor

2010s

  1. 2014

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

    Conductor

  2. 2013

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

    Movie

  3. 2011

    Abbado Conducts Mahler Symphonies 1-7

    Movie

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

    dirigent

2000s

  1. 2009

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

    dirigent

  2. 2006

    José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992

    Conductor

  3. 2005

    Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

    Movie

  4. 2003

    Abbado in Lucerne 2003

    Conductor

  5. 2002

    Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo

    Conductor

  6. 2000

    Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin

    Conductor

1990s

  1. 1998

    Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm

    Conductor

  2. 1996

    Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg

    Conductor

  3. 1994

    Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

    Conductor

  4. 1991

    Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

    Conductor

  5. New Year's Concert 1991

    Conductor

  6. 1990

    Lohengrin

    Conductor

Sound 13

2020s

  1. 2026

    The Second Assignment

    Music

2000s

  1. 2009

    Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

    Conductor

  2. 2005

    Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

    Music Director

  3. 2002

    Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 6 & 8

    Conductor

  4. Abbado – Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 5

    Conductor

  5. Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7

    Conductor

  6. Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 9

    Conductor

  7. 2000

    Così Fan Tutte - Teatro Comunale di Ferrara

    Conductor

1990s

  1. 1998

    Boris Godunov

    Conductor

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. 1984

    Il viaggio a Reims

    Conductor

  3. 1982

    Verdi: Requiem

    Conductor

1970s

  1. 1979

    Macbeth

    Conductor

Appearances67

2020s

  1. 2025

    Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times

    Self - Conductor

2010s

  1. 2016

    Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

    Self - Conductor

  2. 2015

    Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

    Self - Conductor

  3. 2014

    Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

    Self

  4. 2013

    Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

    Self - Conductor

  5. Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Self - Conductor

  6. 2011

    Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

    Self - Conductor

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

    Self - Conductor

  8. Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

    Self . Conductor

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

    Self - Conductor

  10. 2010

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

    Self - Conductor

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

    Self - Conductor

2000s

  1. 2009

    Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

    Self - Conductor

  2. A Russian Night

    Self - Conductor

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

    Self - Conductor

  4. 2008

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

    Self – Conductor

  5. Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

    Self - Conductor

  6. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

    Self - Conductor

  7. 2007

    Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

    Self - Conductor

  8. To Play and to Fight

    Self - Interviewee

  9. 2006

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

    Self - Conductor

  10. Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

    Self -Conductor

  11. 2005

    Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

    Self - Conductor

  12. Mahler: Symphony No. 9

    Self - Conductor

  13. 2004
  14. Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado

    Self - Conductor

  15. 2003

    Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence

    Self

  16. 2002

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

    Self - Conductor

  17. Conducting Mahler

    Self - Conductor

  18. Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Self - Conductor

  19. A Verdi Gala from Berlin

    Self - Conductor

  20. Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994

    Self - Conductor

  21. Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

    Self - conductor

  22. 2001

    Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

    Self - Conductor

  23. Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8

    Self - Conductor

  24. Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

    Self - Conductor

  25. Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

    Self - Conductor

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

    Self - Conductor

  27. 2000

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

    Self - Conductor

1990s

  1. 1999

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

    Self - Conductor

  2. Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm

    Self - Conductor

  3. 1998

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

    Self - Conductor

  4. 1997

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

    Self - Conductor

  5. Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

    Self - Conductor

  6. 1996

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

    Self - Conductor

  7. The Matchstick Men

    Self

  8. Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

    Self

  9. 1994

    European Concert 1994

    Self - Conductor

  10. 1993

    Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

    Self - Conductor

  11. 1991

    Abbado in Berlin - The First Year

    Self - Conductor

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. Elektra

    Self - Conductor

  3. 1988

    The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

    Self

  4. 1987

    Wozzeck

    Self - Conductor

  5. 1985

    Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem

    Self - Conductor

  6. 1982

    Verdi: Requiem

    Self - Conductor

  7. 1981

    La Cenerentola

    Self - Conductor

1970s

  1. 1979

    Macbeth

    Self - Conductor

  2. Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos

    Self - Conductor

  3. 1978

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Self - Conductor

  4. 1975

    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

    Self - Conductor

  5. 1973

    The Barber of Seville

    Self - Conductor

  6. 1972
  7. 1971

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

    Self - Conductor