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.
Documentary about the life and work of the Hungarian composer, Gyorgy Kurtag...
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Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 2009...
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Claudio Abbado, conductor; Angela Gheorghiu, soprano; Daniela Bercellona, mezzo-soprano; Roberto Ala...
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Claudio Abbado conducts the Orchestra Mozart with Giuliano Carmignola, principal violinist, live at ...
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A delightful DVD of Prokofiev's universally beloved and popular "musical tale," brought to life by h...
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Mozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather, the pi...
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An extraordinary performance by the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Claudio Abbado, recorded ...
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Mozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather, the pi...
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Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this gala New Year's Eve performance, organized t...
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Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But...
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Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But...
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Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But...
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Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But...
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Live performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star quartet ...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture and Arias from "Don Giovanni"; Symphony No. 29 in A major K. 201; ...
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 73 Johannes Brahm...
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Beethoven: Egmont-Ouverture Brahms: Violin Concerto op. 77 Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 op. 95 Verdi: I...
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Beethoven: Concerto N° 2 for Piano and Orchestra; Symphony N° 9...
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Richard Wagner Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" Peter Tchaikovsky "The Storm" Claude Debussy “Tro...
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Sergei Prokofiev: Highlights from "Romeo & Juliet" Sergei Rachmaninov: Cavatine of Aleko from "Alek...
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The Prince, Don Ramiro (who has changed places with his valet, Dandini), meets Cenerentola and they ...
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This was recorded over three nights at the Philharmonie in Berlin. It does, however, provide a fitti...
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Claudio Abbado and his hand-picked players of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra take their acclaimed Ma...
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1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg...
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The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful inte...
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Recorded at the Vienna State Opera house in 1989, this staging of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofma...
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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 offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great comp...
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This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Pla...
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Documents the interpretations of Gustav Mahler's compositions by conductors Bernard Haitink, Riccard...
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RACHMANINOV: Klavierkonzert Piano Concerto No. 2 - STRAVINSKY: Der Feuervogel · The Firebird - TCHA...
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Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 18-19 August 2004...
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The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the mesmerising young pianist Yuja Wang, with the L...
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“It would be hard to find anything greater, more significant or more moving anywhere in musical life...
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For this performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3, recorded live in 2007 at the Congress and Concert H...
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Live performance of Gustav Mahler's 'Symphony No.6' at the 2006 Lucerne Festival. Claudio Abbado con...
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The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the magnificent mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, wit...
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Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in this performance of Mahler's seventh symph...
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Featuring performances of music by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, from Suntory Hall in Japa...
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Abbado wholly vindicates Verdi’s intentions through his feeling for the shape of a whole scene, for ...
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Giuseppe Verdi's one prologue, three act opera featuring libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrig...
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Pollini plays flawlessly, with the greatest finesse and sensitivity, very much in tune with each com...
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Count Almaviva is in love with Rosina. However, she is currently staying with Dr. Bartolo – who desi...
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Gustav Mahler's fourth symphony and Pelleas et Melisande by Arnold Schoenberg performed by the Gusta...
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A documentary about the life of Andrei Tarkovsky in exile in Western Europe including Italy, Sweden,...
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Competently as usual and with a lot of visinary energy, Claudio Abbado conducted his LUCERNE FESTIVA...
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With the Fifth Symphony, the Symphony No. 9 is the most famous piece. Its unusual length, the adjunc...
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Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 1.Symphony no 1 in C ...
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Claudio Abbado has realised a dream with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The orchestra, an exclusive...
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A unique film portrait of the famous Italian pianist. Maurizio Pollini felt himself that the time ha...
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Stockholm's Vasa Museum harbours an extraordinary historical attraction: a large, fully intact saili...
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Symphony No. 8 is as different musically from the Seventh Symphony as it is close in time since it w...
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Claudio Abbado conducts the prestigious Berliner Philharmonikerfor during a concert dedicated to Bee...
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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 - Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra - Claudio Abbado...
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The unforgettable performances by Claudio Abbado and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA of Mahler’s Symp...
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Claudio Abbado leads the Berlin Philharmonic and the Swedish Radio Choir in a performance of Mozart'...
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Wiener Philharmonic Karl Bohm Claudio Abbado...
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This 2002 concert features Gil Shaham with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado in wo...
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The captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System - an incredible network of hundreds o...
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The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...
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The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...
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The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...
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The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...
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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 East...
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Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert (2013)...
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A tribute to the great Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel, who died at the age of 94 on 17 June 2025. ...
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World-renowned maestro Claudio Abbado opens up about his life and work in this profile that effectiv...
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Lohengrin is a romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner....
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