Claudio Abbado

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

Le Grand Échiquier

Kulturplatz

imagine…

Conducting Mahler

The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Macbeth

All Movies (81)

• Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times2025 · as Self - Conductor
• Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 20042022 · as Conductor
• Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert2016 · as Self - Conductor
• Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert2015 · as Self - Conductor
• Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert2014 · as Conductor
• Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître2014 · as Self
• Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra2013 · as Self - Conductor
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado2013
• Beethoven: The Symphonies2013 · as Self - Conductor
• Mahler: Symphonies 1-72011 · as Self - Conductor
• Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New World2011 · as Self - Conductor
• Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)2011 · as Self . Conductor
• Claudio Abbado, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska – Lucerne Festival At Easter2011 · as Self - Conductor
• Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 52011 · as dirigent
• Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Lieder2010 · as Self - Conductor
• Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.32010 · as Self - Conductor
• Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony2009 · as Self - Conductor
• A Russian Night2009 · as Self - Conductor
• Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande2009 · as Self - Conductor
• In Search of Beethoven2009 · as Self
• Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 32009 · as dirigent
• Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival2008 · as Self – Conductor
• Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 32008 · as Self - Conductor
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-62008 · as Self - Conductor
• Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 62007 · as Self - Conductor
• To Play and to Fight2007 · as Self - Interviewee
• José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 19922006 · as Conductor
• Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 72006 · as Self - Conductor
• Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 72006 · as Self -Conductor
• Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms2005 · as Self - Conductor
• Mahler: Symphony No. 92005 · as Self - Conductor
• Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 20052005
• Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado2004 · as Self - Conductor
• Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence2003 · as Self
• Abbado in Lucerne 20032003 · as Conductor
• Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker2002 · as Self - Conductor
• Conducting Mahler2002 · as Self - Conductor
• Verdi: Simon Boccanegra2002 · as Self - Conductor
• A Verdi Gala from Berlin2002 · as Self - Conductor
• Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo2002 · as Conductor
• Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 19942002 · as Self - Conductor
• Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem2002 · as Self - conductor
• Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 72001 · as Self - Conductor
• Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 52001 · as Self - Conductor
• Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 92001 · as Self - Conductor
• Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 82001 · as Self - Conductor
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker2001 · as Self - Conductor
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker2001 · as Self - Conductor
• The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 20002000 · as Self - Conductor
• Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin2000 · as Conductor
• The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 19991999 · as Self - Conductor
• Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm1999 · as Self - Conductor
• The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 19981998 · as Self - Conductor
• Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm1998 · as Conductor
• The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 19971997 · as Self - Conductor
• Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 451997 · as Self - Conductor
• The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 19961996 · as Self - Conductor
• The Matchstick Men1996 · as Self
• Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg1996 · as Conductor
• Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music1996 · as Self
• Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen1994 · as Conductor
• European Concert 19941994 · as Self - Conductor
• Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy1993 · as Self - Conductor
• Europakonzert 1991 from Prague1991 · as Conductor
• Abbado in Berlin - The First Year1991 · as Self - Conductor
• New Year's Concert 19911991 · as Conductor
• Lohengrin1990 · as Conductor
• Khovanshchina1989 · as Self - Conductor
• Elektra1989 · as Self - Conductor
• The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky1988 · as Self
• Wozzeck1987 · as Self - Conductor
• Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem1985 · as Self - Conductor
• Verdi: Requiem1982 · as Self - Conductor
• La Cenerentola1981 · as Self - Conductor
• Macbeth1979 · as Self - Conductor
• Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos1979 · as Self - Conductor
• Verdi: Simon Boccanegra1978 · as Self - Conductor
• Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera1975 · as Self - Conductor
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia1973 · as Self - Conductor
• Mahler Symphony No.4 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio Abbado— · as Self - Conductor
• From the House of the Dead— · as self

All TV Shows (6)

• Meisterwerke der Klassik2012 · as Self
• Kulturplatz2004 · as Self
• imagine…2003 · as Self
• ECHO-Verleihung1992 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self