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Portrait of Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado

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.

Born: June 26, 1933

Place of Birth: Milano, Italy

Known For

Poster for Khovanshchina
Movie

Khovanshchina

10.0
Poster for Conducting Mahler
Movie

Conducting Mahler

10.0
Poster for Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
Movie

Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

10.0
Poster for Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Movie

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

10.0
Poster for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
Movie

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

9.0
Poster for Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival
Movie

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

9.0
Poster for Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande
Movie

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

8.0
Poster for To Play and to Fight
Movie

To Play and to Fight

8.0
Poster for Le Grand Échiquier
TV

Le Grand Échiquier

8.0
Poster for La Cenerentola
Movie

La Cenerentola

7.4

Filmography

2025
Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times

as Self - Conductor

2022
Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004

as Conductor

2016
Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

as Self - Conductor

2015
Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

as Self - Conductor

2014
Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert

as Conductor

2014
Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

as Self

2013
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

as Self - Conductor

2013
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
2013
Beethoven: The Symphonies

as Self - Conductor

2011
Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

as Self - Conductor

2011
Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New World

as Self - Conductor

2011
Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

as Self . Conductor

2011
Claudio Abbado, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska – Lucerne Festival At Easter

as Self - Conductor

2011
Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5

as dirigent

2010
Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Lieder

as Self - Conductor

2010
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3

as Self - Conductor

2009
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

as Self - Conductor

2009
A Russian Night

as Self - Conductor

2009
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande

as Self - Conductor

2009
In Search of Beethoven

as Self

2008
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival

as Self – Conductor

2008
Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

as Self - Conductor

2008
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

as Self - Conductor

2007
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

as Self - Conductor

2007
To Play and to Fight

as Self - Interviewee

2006
José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992

as Conductor

2006
Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7

as Self - Conductor

2006
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

as Self -Conductor

2005
Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

as Self - Conductor

2005
Mahler: Symphony No. 9

as Self - Conductor

2005
Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005
2004
Kulturplatz

as Self

2004
Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado

as Self - Conductor

2003
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence

as Self

2003
Abbado in Lucerne 2003

as Conductor

2003
imagine…

as Self

2002
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

as Self - Conductor

2002
Conducting Mahler

as Self - Conductor

2002
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Self - Conductor

2002
A Verdi Gala from Berlin

as Self - Conductor

2002
Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo

as Conductor

2002
Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994

as Self - Conductor

2002
Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

as Self - conductor

2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

as Self - Conductor

2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

as Self - Conductor

2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

as Self - Conductor

2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8

as Self - Conductor

2001
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

2000
Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin

as Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

1999
Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

1998
Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm

as Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

1997
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

1996
The Matchstick Men

as Self

1996
Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg

as Conductor

1996
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

as Self

1994
Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

as Conductor

1994
European Concert 1994

as Self - Conductor

1993
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

as Self - Conductor

1991
Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

as Conductor

1991
New Year's Concert 1991

as Conductor

1990
Abbado in Berlin – The First Year

as Self - Conductor

1989
Khovanshchina

as Self - Conductor

1989
Elektra

as Self - Conductor

1988
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

as Self

1987
Wozzeck

as Self - Conductor

1985
Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem

as Self - Conductor

1982
Verdi: Requiem

as Self - Conductor

1981
La Cenerentola

as Self - Conductor

1979
Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos

as Self - Conductor

1978
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Self - Conductor

1975
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

as Self - Conductor

1973
Il Barbiere di Siviglia

as Self - Conductor

1972
Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

1971
Great Performances

as Self

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

as Self - Conductor