Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado

Birthday: 1933-06-26

Place of Birth: 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.

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The Matchstick Men
The Matchstick Men

Documentary about the life and work of the Hungarian composer, Gyorgy Kurtag...

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

Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 2009...

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Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

Claudio Abbado, conductor; Angela Gheorghiu, soprano; Daniela Bercellona, mezzo-soprano; Roberto Ala...

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European Concert 1994
European Concert 1994

European Concert 1994 From the Staatstheater Meiningen....

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

Claudio Abbado conducts the Orchestra Mozart with Giuliano Carmignola, principal violinist, live at ...

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Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

A delightful DVD of Prokofiev's universally beloved and popular "musical tale," brought to life by h...

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Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5
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
Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

Mozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather, the pi...

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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

An extraordinary performance by the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Claudio Abbado, recorded ...

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Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Mozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather, the pi...

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A Verdi Gala from Berlin
A Verdi Gala from Berlin

Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this gala New Year's Eve performance, organized t...

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But...

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But...

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But...

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8

Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But...

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Verdi: Requiem
Verdi: Requiem

Live performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star quartet ...

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Europakonzert 1991 from Prague
Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture and Arias from "Don Giovanni"; Symphony No. 29 in A major K. 201; ...

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Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen
Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 73 Johannes Brahm...

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Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo
Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo

Beethoven: Egmont-Ouverture Brahms: Violin Concerto op. 77 Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 op. 95 Verdi: I...

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Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin
Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin

Beethoven: Concerto N° 2 for Piano and Orchestra; Symphony N° 9...

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Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm
Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm

Richard Wagner Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" Peter Tchaikovsky "The Storm" Claude Debussy “Tro...

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Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg
Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg

Sergei Prokofiev: Highlights from "Romeo & Juliet" Sergei Rachmaninov: Cavatine of Aleko from "Alek...

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La Cenerentola
La Cenerentola

The Prince, Don Ramiro (who has changed places with his valet, Dandini), meets Cenerentola and they ...

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Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

This was recorded over three nights at the Philharmonie in Berlin. It does, however, provide a fitti...

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Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)
Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

Claudio Abbado and his hand-picked players of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra take their acclaimed Ma...

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Wozzeck
Wozzeck

1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg...

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Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina

The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful inte...

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Elektra
Elektra

Recorded at the Vienna State Opera house in 1989, this staging of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofma...

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Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

Shot over a two-year period observing Abbado: a) Rossini, Overture to 'll Barbiere di Siviglia' b)...

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In Search of Beethoven
In Search of Beethoven

In Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great comp...

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Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Pla...

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Conducting Mahler
Conducting Mahler

Documents the interpretations of Gustav Mahler's compositions by conductors Bernard Haitink, Riccard...

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A Russian Night
A Russian Night

RACHMANINOV: Klavierkonzert Piano Concerto No. 2 - STRAVINSKY: Der Feuervogel · The Firebird - TCHA...

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Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado
Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado

Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 18-19 August 2004...

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

The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the mesmerising young pianist Yuja Wang, with the L...

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

“It would be hard to find anything greater, more significant or more moving anywhere in musical life...

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Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

For this performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3, recorded live in 2007 at the Congress and Concert H...

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Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

Live performance of Gustav Mahler's 'Symphony No.6' at the 2006 Lucerne Festival. Claudio Abbado con...

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

The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the magnificent mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, wit...

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Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in this performance of Mahler's seventh symph...

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Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994
Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994

Featuring performances of music by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, from Suntory Hall in Japa...

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Abbado wholly vindicates Verdi’s intentions through his feeling for the shape of a whole scene, for ...

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Giuseppe Verdi's one prologue, three act opera featuring libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrig...

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Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos
Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos

Pollini plays flawlessly, with the greatest finesse and sensitivity, very much in tune with each com...

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Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Count Almaviva is in love with Rosina. However, she is currently staying with Dr. Bartolo – who desi...

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

Gustav Mahler's fourth symphony and Pelleas et Melisande by Arnold Schoenberg performed by the Gusta...

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The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

A documentary about the life of Andrei Tarkovsky in exile in Western Europe including Italy, Sweden,...

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

Competently as usual and with a lot of visinary energy, Claudio Abbado conducted his LUCERNE FESTIVA...

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

With the Fifth Symphony, the Symphony No. 9 is the most famous piece. Its unusual length, the adjunc...

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Beethoven: The Symphonies
Beethoven: The Symphonies

Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 1.Symphony no 1 in C ...

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Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3
Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

Claudio Abbado has realised a dream with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The orchestra, an exclusive...

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Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître
Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

A unique film portrait of the famous Italian pianist. Maurizio Pollini felt himself that the time ha...

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Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm
Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm

Stockholm's Vasa Museum harbours an extraordinary historical attraction: a large, fully intact saili...

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

Symphony No. 8 is as different musically from the Seventh Symphony as it is close in time since it w...

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

Claudio Abbado conducts the prestigious Berliner Philharmonikerfor during a concert dedicated to Bee...

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Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem
Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem

Get an insider's glimpse of the preparation of Claudio Abbado's arresting performance of Verdi's "Mi...

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Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Mahler Symphony No.9 - Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra - Claudio Abbado...

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Mahler: Symphonies 1-7
Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

The unforgettable performances by Claudio Abbado and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA of Mahler’s Symp...

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Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert
Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

Claudio Abbado leads the Berlin Philharmonic and the Swedish Radio Choir in a performance of Mozart'...

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Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms
Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

Wiener Philharmonic Karl Bohm Claudio Abbado...

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

This 2002 concert features Gil Shaham with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado in wo...

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To Play and to Fight
To Play and to Fight

The captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System - an incredible network of hundreds o...

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

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...

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

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...

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

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...

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

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...

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

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...

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

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

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

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert (2013)...

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Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005
Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

A tribute to the great Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel, who died at the age of 94 on 17 June 2025. ...

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Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004
Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004

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Abbado in Lucerne 2003
Abbado in Lucerne 2003

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José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992
José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992

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Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times
Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times

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Abbado in Berlin – The First Year
Abbado in Berlin – The First Year

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Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence

World-renowned maestro Claudio Abbado opens up about his life and work in this profile that effectiv...

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New Year's Concert 1991
New Year's Concert 1991

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Lohengrin
Lohengrin

Lohengrin is a romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner....

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