
Claudio Abbado
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1933-06-26
- Died
- 2014-01-20
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (80)

Beethoven: The Symphonies
2013
as Self - Conductor

Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
1993
as Self - Conductor

Khovanshchina
1989
as Self - Conductor

The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
1988
as Self

Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3
2010
as Self - Conductor

Wozzeck
1987
as Self - Conductor

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

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999
1999
as Self - Conductor

Verdi: Requiem
1982
as Self - Conductor

Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem
2002
as Self - conductor

In Search of Beethoven
2009
as Self

Elektra
1989
as Self - Conductor

Abbado in Berlin - The First Year
1991
as Self - Conductor

To Play and to Fight
2007
as Self - Interviewee

Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem
1985
as Self - Conductor

Macbeth
1979
as Self - Conductor

Il Barbiere di Siviglia
1973
as Self - Conductor

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997
1997
as Self - Conductor

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2002
as Self - Conductor
Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
2009
as dirigent

Mahler Symphony No.4 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio Abbado
as Self - Conductor

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1978
as Self - Conductor

Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître
2014
as Self

Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg
1996
as Conductor

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

Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005
2005

Lohengrin
1990
as Conductor

Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm
1999
as Self - Conductor

Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo
2002
as Conductor

Conducting Mahler
2002
as Self - Conductor

Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
1996
as Self

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande
2009
as Self - Conductor

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998
1998
as Self - Conductor

Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6
2007
as Self - Conductor

Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
2009
as Self - Conductor

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

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9
2001
as Self - Conductor

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
2001
as Self - Conductor

Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen
1994
as Conductor

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
1975
as Self - Conductor

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1996
1996
as Self - Conductor

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8
2001
as Self - Conductor

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

Mahler: Symphonies 1-7
2011
as Self - Conductor

Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
2016
as Self - Conductor

Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2013
as Self - Conductor

A Verdi Gala from Berlin
2002
as Self - Conductor

Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms
2005
as Self - Conductor

Europakonzert 1991 from Prague
1991
as Conductor

Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3
2008
as Self - Conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
2008
as Self - Conductor

European Concert 1994
1994
as Self - Conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
2001
as Self - Conductor

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

La Cenerentola
1981
as Self - Conductor

Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin
2000
as Conductor

Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado
2004
as Self - Conductor

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
2001
as Self - Conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
2013

Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times
2025
as Self - Conductor

Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert
2015
as Self - Conductor

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

Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
2003
as Self

Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos
1979
as Self - Conductor

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2000
2000
as Self - Conductor

Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm
1998
as Conductor

José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992
2006
as Conductor

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45
1997
as Self - Conductor

Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)
2011
as Self . Conductor

Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7
2006
as Self -Conductor

New Year's Concert 1991
1991
as Conductor

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

The Matchstick Men
1996
as Self

Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004
2022
as Conductor

Mahler: Symphony No. 9
2005
as Self - Conductor

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

Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994
2002
as Self - Conductor

Abbado in Lucerne 2003
2003
as Conductor

A Russian Night
2009
as Self - Conductor

Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New World
2011
as Self - Conductor
About 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. With 86 credits spanning from 1971 to 2025, Claudio Abbado has appeared in 80 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Claudio Abbado Movies
- Beethoven: The Symphonies (2013) — as Self - Conductor
- Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy (1993) — as Self - Conductor
- Khovanshchina (1989) — as Self - Conductor
- The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky (1988) — as Self
- Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 (2010) — as Self - Conductor
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