
Claudio Abbado
Known For
Acting
Born
1933-06-26 in Milano, Italy
Died
2014-01-20
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.
Most Known For

Great Performances
as Self

Kulturplatz
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
as Self

imagine…
as Self

ECHO-Verleihung
as Self

Khovanshchina
as Self - Conductor

Meisterwerke der Klassik
as Self

The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
as Self

Conducting Mahler
as Self - Conductor

La Cenerentola
as Self - Conductor

In Search of Beethoven
as Self

Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm
as Conductor

Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
as Self - Conductor

Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3
as Self - Conductor

Elektra
as Self - Conductor

Verdi: Requiem
as Self - Conductor

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1996
as Self - Conductor

Beethoven: The Symphonies
as Self - Conductor

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999
as Self - Conductor

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998
as Self - Conductor