Person

Claudio Abbado

Acting · 1933–2014 · Milano, Italy

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

Filmography

2026The Second AssignmentMusic
2025Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between TimesSelf - Conductor
2022Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004Conductor
2016Claudio Abbado: The Last ConcertSelf - Conductor
2015Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial ConcertSelf - Conductor
2014Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening ConcertConductor
2014Maurizio Pollini: De main de maîtreSelf
2013Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival OrchestraSelf - Conductor
2013Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
2013Beethoven: The SymphoniesSelf - Conductor
2012Meisterwerke der KlassikSelf
2011Mahler: Symphonies 1-7Self - Conductor
2011Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New WorldSelf - Conductor
2011Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)Self . Conductor
2011Claudio Abbado, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska – Lucerne Festival At EasterSelf - Conductor
2011Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5dirigent
2010Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert LiederSelf - Conductor
2010Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3Self - Conductor
2009Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd SymphonySelf - Conductor
2009A Russian NightSelf - Conductor
2009Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and MelisandeSelf - Conductor
2009In Search of BeethovenSelf
2009Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3dirigent
2008Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne FestivalSelf – Conductor
2008Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3Self - Conductor
2008Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6Self - Conductor
2007Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6Self - Conductor
2007To Play and to FightSelf - Interviewee
2006José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992Conductor
2006Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7Self - Conductor
2006Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7Self -Conductor
2005Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and BrahmsSelf - Conductor
2005Mahler: Symphony No. 9Self - Conductor
2005Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005
2004KulturplatzSelf
2004Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio AbbadoSelf - Conductor
2003Claudio Abbado: Hearing the SilenceSelf
2003Abbado in Lucerne 2003Conductor
2003Founding Concert of the Lucerne Festival OrchestraConductor
2003imagine…Self
2002Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7Conductor
2002Abbado – Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 5Conductor
2002Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 6 & 8Conductor
2002Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 9Conductor
2002Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner PhilharmonikerSelf - Conductor
2002Conducting MahlerSelf - Conductor
2002Verdi: Simon BoccanegraSelf - Conductor
2002A Verdi Gala from BerlinSelf - Conductor
2002Europakonzert 2002 from PalermoConductor
2002Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994Self - Conductor
2002Giuseppe Verdi Messa da RequiemSelf - conductor
2001Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5Self - Conductor
2001Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8Self - Conductor
2001Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9Self - Conductor
2001Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7Self - Conductor
2001Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner PhilharmonikerSelf - Conductor
2001Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner PhilharmonikerSelf - Conductor
2000The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2000Self - Conductor
2000Europakonzert 2000 from BerlinConductor
2000Così Fan Tutte - Teatro Comunale di FerraraConductor
1999The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999Self - Conductor
1999Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 StockholmSelf - Conductor
1998The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998Self - Conductor
1998Europakonzert 1998 from StockholmConductor
1998Boris GodunovConductor
1997The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997Self - Conductor
1997Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45Self - Conductor
1996The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1996Self - Conductor
1996The Matchstick MenSelf
1996Europakonzert 1996 from St. PetersburgConductor
1996Abbado: The Silence that Follows the MusicSelf
1994Europakonzert 1994 from MeiningenConductor
1994European Concert 1994Self - Conductor
1993Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev FantasySelf - Conductor
1992ECHO-VerleihungSelf
1991Europakonzert 1991 from PragueConductor
1991Abbado in Berlin - The First YearSelf - Conductor
1991New Year's Concert 1991Conductor
1990LohengrinConductor
1989KhovanshchinaSelf - Conductor
1989ElektraSelf - Conductor
1988The Exile and Death of Andrei TarkovskySelf
1987WozzeckSelf - Conductor
1985Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da RequiemSelf - Conductor
1984Il viaggio a ReimsConductor
1982Verdi: RequiemSelf - Conductor
1981La CenerentolaSelf - Conductor
1979MacbethSelf - Conductor
1979Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano ConcertosSelf - Conductor
1978Verdi: Simon BoccanegraSelf - Conductor
1975Verdi Un Ballo in MascheraSelf - Conductor
1973Il Barbiere di SivigliaSelf - Conductor
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
1971Great PerformancesSelf
—Mahler Symphony No.4 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio AbbadoSelf - Conductor
—From the House of the Deadself

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