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
Beethoven: The Symphonies
Il viaggio a Reims
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
Khovanshchina
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3
Wozzeck
Così Fan Tutte - Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999
Top Movie Credits
Beethoven: The Symphonies
Self - Conductor
Il viaggio a Reims
Conductor
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
Self - Conductor
Khovanshchina
Conductor
Wozzeck
Self - Conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival
Self – Conductor
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999
Self - Conductor