Claudio Abbado
Born: 1933-06-26
Birthplace: 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
Macbeth
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
The Barber of Seville
Il viaggio a Reims
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
To Play and to Fight
Boris Godunov
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos
Top Movie Credits
Macbeth
Conductor
The Barber of Seville
Self - Conductor
Il viaggio a Reims
Conductor
To Play and to Fight
Self - Interviewee
Boris Godunov
Conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
Self - Conductor
Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos
Self - Conductor