
Claudio Abbado
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
1971

Kulturplatz
2004

Le Grand Échiquier
1972

imagine…
2003

Conducting Mahler
2002

To Play and to Fight
2007

Macbeth
1979

Khovanshchina
1989

Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
2009

The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
1988

The Barber of Seville
1973

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

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

Europakonzert 1991 from Prague
1991

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
2008

La Cenerentola
1981

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

Mahler: Symphony No. 9
2005

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
2013

The Matchstick Men
1996

Beethoven: The Symphonies
2013

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

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

Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître
2014