Claudio Abbado

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Claudio Abbado

Acting June 26, 1933

Milano, Italy

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, p…

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Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

8.0 1972 TV Show
Kulturplatz

Kulturplatz

6.0 2004 TV Show
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imagine…

6.2 2003 TV Show
Conducting Mahler

Conducting Mahler

9.0 2002 Movie
Macbeth

Macbeth

1979 Movie
Khovanshchina

Khovanshchina

9.0 1989 Movie
The Barber of Seville

The Barber of Seville

7.7 1973 Movie
La Cenerentola

La Cenerentola

7.4 1981 Movie
To Play and to Fight

To Play and to Fight

8.0 2007 Movie
In Search of Beethoven

In Search of Beethoven

6.2 2009 Movie
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

10.0 2009 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    The Second Assignment

    Movie Music

  2. 2025
    Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between Times

    Movie Self - Conductor

  3. 2024
    Please Call Me Claudio: The Visionary Claudio Abbado

    Movie Self

  4. 2022
    Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004

    Movie Conductor

  5. 2016
    Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert

    Movie Self - Conductor

  6. 2015
    Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert

    Movie Self - Conductor

  7. 2014
    Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert

    Movie Conductor

  8. 2014
    Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître

    Movie Self

  9. 2013
    Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra

    Movie Self - Conductor

  10. 2013
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

    Movie

  11. 2013
    Beethoven: The Symphonies

    Movie Self - Conductor

  12. 2012
    Meisterwerke der Klassik

    TV show Self

  13. 2011
    Mahler: Symphonies 1-7

    Movie Self - Conductor

  14. 2011
    Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New World

    Movie Self - Conductor

  15. 2011
    Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)

    Movie Self . Conductor

  16. 2011
    Claudio Abbado, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska – Lucerne Festival At Easter

    Movie Self - Conductor

More credits
  1. 2011
    Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5

    Movie dirigent

  2. 2010
    Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Lieder

    Movie Self - Conductor

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

    Movie Self - Conductor

  4. 2009
    Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

    Movie Self - Conductor

  5. 2009
    A Russian Night

    Movie Self - Conductor

  6. 2009
    Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande

    Movie Self - Conductor

  7. 2009
    In Search of Beethoven

    Movie Self

  8. 2009
    Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3

    Movie dirigent

  9. 2008
    Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3

    Movie Self - Conductor

  10. 2008
    Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival

    Movie Self – Conductor

  11. 2008
    Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6

    Movie Self - Conductor

  12. 2007
    Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6

    Movie Self - Conductor

  13. 2007
    To Play and to Fight

    Movie Self - Interviewee

  14. 2006
    José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992

    Movie Conductor

  15. 2006
    Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7

    Movie Self - Conductor

  16. 2006
    Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7

    Movie Self -Conductor

  17. 2005
    Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms

    Movie Self - Conductor

  18. 2005
    Mahler: Symphony No. 9

    Movie Self - Conductor

  19. 2005
    Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005

    Movie

  20. 2004
    Kulturplatz

    TV show Self

  21. 2004
    Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado

    Movie Self - Conductor

  22. 2003
    Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence

    Movie Self

  23. 2003
    Abbado in Lucerne 2003

    Movie Conductor

  24. 2003
    Founding Concert of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra

    Movie Conductor