Claudio Abbado
Department: Acting
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
The Matchstick Men
1996
Mahler Symphony No.4 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio Abbado
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Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem
2002
European Concert 1994
1994
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
2008
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
1993
Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5
2011
Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
2009
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
2013
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45
1997
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2013
A Verdi Gala from Berlin
2002
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8
2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9
2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
2001
Verdi: Requiem
1982
Europakonzert 1991 from Prague
1991
Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo
2002
Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin
2000
Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen
1994
Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg
1996
Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm
1998
La Cenerentola
1981
Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
2016
Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)
2011
Khovanshchina
1989
Wozzeck
1987
Elektra
1989
In Search of Beethoven
2009
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
1996
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
1975
Conducting Mahler
2002
A Russian Night
2009
Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado
2004
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival
2008
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3
2010
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
2009
Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Lieder
2010
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6
2007
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7
2006
Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994
2002
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2002
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1978
Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos
1979
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
1973
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande
2009
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
1988
Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7
2006
Beethoven: The Symphonies
2013
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
2001
Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3
2008
Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître
2014
Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm
1999
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
2001
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
2005
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
2002
Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem
1985
Mahler: Symphonies 1-7
2011
Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert
2015
Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms
2005
Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New World
2011
To Play and to Fight
2007
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2000
2000
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999
1999
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997
1997
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1996
1996
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998
1998
Claudio Abbado, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska – Lucerne Festival At Easter
2011
Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert
2014
Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005
2005
Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004
2022
Abbado in Lucerne 2003
2003
José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992
2006
Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times
2025
Abbado in Berlin - The First Year
1991
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
2003
New Year's Concert 1991
1991
Lohengrin
1990
Macbeth
1979
imagine…
2003
Meisterwerke der Klassik
2012
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
ECHO-Verleihung
1992
Kulturplatz
2004
Great Performances
1971