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Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado

Acting•Born June 26, 1933•Died January 20, 2014 (age 80)•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

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971•TV Series•
6.1
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

1972•TV Series•
8.0
Kulturplatz

Kulturplatz

2004•TV Series•
6.0
imagine…

imagine…

2003•TV Series•
6.2
Macbeth

Macbeth

1979•Movie
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

1988•Movie•
8.0
Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

2014•Movie
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

1975•Movie

Filmography

2025
Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2022
Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004

as Conductor

Movie
2016
Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2015
Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

as Self - Conductor

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

as Conductor

Movie
2014
Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

as Self

Movie
2013
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2012
Meisterwerke der Klassik

as Self

TV
2011
Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2011
Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

as Self . Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

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

as dirigent

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

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2009
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2009
A Russian Night

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2009
In Search of Beethoven

as Self

Movie
2009
Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3

as dirigent

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

as Self – Conductor

Movie
2008
Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2008
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2007
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2007
To Play and to Fight

as Self - Interviewee

Movie
2006
José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992

as Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2006
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

as Self -Conductor

Movie
2005
Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2005
Mahler: Symphony No. 9

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2003
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence

as Self

Movie
2003
Abbado in Lucerne 2003

as Conductor

Movie
2003
imagine…

as Self

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2002
Conducting Mahler

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2002
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2002
A Verdi Gala from Berlin

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2002
Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo

as Conductor

Movie
2002
Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2002
Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

as Self - conductor

Movie
2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2001
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
2000
Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin

as Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1999
Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1998
Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm

as Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1997
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

as Self - Conductor

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1996
The Matchstick Men

as Self

Movie
1996
Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg

as Conductor

Movie
1996
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

as Self

Movie
1994
Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

as Conductor

Movie
1994
European Concert 1994

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1993
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1992
ECHO-Verleihung

as Self

TV
1991
Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

as Conductor

Movie
1991
Abbado in Berlin - The First Year

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1991
New Year's Concert 1991

as Conductor

Movie
1990
Lohengrin

as Conductor

Movie
1989
Khovanshchina

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1989
Elektra

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1988
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

as Self

Movie
1987
Wozzeck

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1985
Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1982
Verdi: Requiem

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1981
La Cenerentola

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1979
Macbeth

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1979
Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1978
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1975
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1973
Il Barbiere di Siviglia

as Self - Conductor

Movie
1972
Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

TV
1971
Great Performances

as Self

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

as Self - Conductor

Movie
—
From the House of the Dead

as self

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 26, 1933
Day of DeathJanuary 20, 2014
Place of BirthMilano, Italy
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