Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado

Known for
Acting
Born
June 26, 1933
Died
January 20, 2014 (aged 80)
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

Filmography

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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From the House of the Dead

From the House of the Dead

Movie · as self

2025
Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times poster

Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2024
Please Call Me Claudio: The Visionary Claudio Abbado

Please Call Me Claudio: The Visionary Claudio Abbado

Movie · as Self

2022
Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004 poster

Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004

Movie · as Conductor

2016
Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert poster

Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2015
Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert poster

Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2014
Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître poster

Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

Movie · as Self

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

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

Movie · as Conductor

2013
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado poster

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

Movie

2013
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra poster

Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2013
Beethoven: The Symphonies poster

Beethoven: The Symphonies

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2012
Meisterwerke der Klassik

Meisterwerke der Klassik

TV · as Self · 1 ep

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

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

Movie · as dirigent

2011
Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival) poster

Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

Movie · as Self . Conductor

2011
Mahler: Symphonies 1-7 poster

Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2011
Abbado Conducts Mahler Symphonies 1-7 poster

Abbado Conducts Mahler Symphonies 1-7

Movie

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as dirigent

2009
In Search of Beethoven poster

In Search of Beethoven

Movie · as Self

2009
A Russian Night poster

A Russian Night

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2009
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony poster

Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2008
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6 poster

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self – Conductor

2008
Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3 poster

Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2007
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6 poster

Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2007
To Play and to Fight poster

To Play and to Fight

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2006
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 poster

Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Movie · as Self -Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2006
José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992 poster

José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992

Movie · as Conductor

2005
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 poster

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2005
Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms poster

Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2005
Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005 poster

Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

Movie

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

Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2004
Kulturplatz poster

Kulturplatz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Abbado in Lucerne 2003 poster

Abbado in Lucerne 2003

Movie · as Conductor

2003
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence poster

Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence

Movie · as Self

2003
imagine… poster

imagine…

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem poster

Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem

Movie · as Self - conductor

2002
A Verdi Gala from Berlin poster

A Verdi Gala from Berlin

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2002
Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo poster

Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo

Movie · as Conductor

2002
Conducting Mahler poster

Conducting Mahler

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2002
Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994 poster

Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2002
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra poster

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 poster

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8 poster

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9 poster

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 poster

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2000
Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin poster

Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin

Movie · as Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1999
Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm poster

Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1998
Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm poster

Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm

Movie · as Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1997
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45 poster

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1996
The Matchstick Men poster

The Matchstick Men

Movie · as Self

1996
Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg poster

Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg

Movie · as Conductor

1996
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music poster

Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

Movie · as Self

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

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

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1994
European Concert 1994 poster

European Concert 1994

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1994
Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen poster

Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

Movie · as Conductor

1993
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy poster

Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1992
ECHO-Verleihung

ECHO-Verleihung

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Europakonzert 1991 from Prague poster

Europakonzert 1991 from Prague

Movie · as Conductor

1991
Abbado in Berlin - The First Year poster

Abbado in Berlin - The First Year

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1991
New Year's Concert 1991 poster

New Year's Concert 1991

Movie · as Conductor

1990
Lohengrin poster

Lohengrin

Movie · as Conductor

1989
Khovanshchina poster

Khovanshchina

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1989
Elektra poster

Elektra

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1988
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky poster

The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

Movie · as Self

1987
Wozzeck poster

Wozzeck

Movie · as Self - Conductor

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

Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1982
Verdi: Requiem poster

Verdi: Requiem

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1981
La Cenerentola poster

La Cenerentola

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1979
Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos poster

Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1979
Macbeth poster

Macbeth

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1978
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra poster

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1975
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera poster

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1973
The Barber of Seville poster

The Barber of Seville

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1972
Le Grand Échiquier poster

Le Grand Échiquier

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep