Claudio Abbado

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Claudio Abbado was an acclaimed Italian conductor renowned for his innovative leadership of major orchestras and opera houses, and for his influential role in shaping late 20th-century classical music performance.

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instanceOf Italian musician
human
opera conductor
orchestral conductor
activeYearsEnd 2010s
activeYearsStart 1950s
awardReceived Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
Grammy Award
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
surface form: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
burialPlace Bologna
citizenship Italy
countryOfBirth Italy
countryOfDeath Italy
dateOfBirth 1933-06-26
dateOfDeath 2014-01-20
employer Berlin Philharmonic
London Symphony Orchestra
La Scala
surface form: Teatro alla Scala

Vienna State Opera
familyName Abbado
fieldOfWork classical music
fullName Claudio Abbado self-link
genre classical music
givenName Claudio
hasSignatureWork Lucerne Festival Orchestra Mahler cycle
performances of Verdi operas at La Scala
recordings of Mahler symphonies
influenced orchestral performance practice in the late 20th century
younger generations of conductors
knownFor Mahler symphony interpretations
collaborative rehearsal style
support for contemporary composers
transparent orchestral textures
languageSpoken French
German
Italian
movement historically informed performance influence in mainstream orchestras
notableFor innovative orchestral programming
interpretations of late-Romantic and 20th-century repertoire
leadership of major orchestras and opera houses
occupation conductor
music director
placeOfBirth Milan
placeOfDeath Bologna
positionHeld artistic director of the Vienna Festival
founder and music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
music director of La Scala
music director of the Berlin Philharmonic
music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra
music director of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
music director of the Vienna State Opera
principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic
principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra
principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
relative Marcello Abbado
Marcello Abbado
surface form: Roberto Abbado
studiedAt Conservatorio di Musica di Santa Cecilia
surface form: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Milan Conservatory

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Berlin Philharmonic hasChiefConductor Claudio Abbado
La Scala notableConductor Claudio Abbado
Deutsche Grammophon hasRecorded Claudio Abbado
Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky notableConductor Claudio Abbado
subject surface form: Boris Godunov
Claudio Abbado fullName Claudio Abbado self-link
Martha Argerich hasCollaboratedWith Claudio Abbado
Maurizio Pollini associatedWith Claudio Abbado
Beethoven symphony cycles conductedBy Claudio Abbado
Mahler Symphony No. 2 notableRecording Claudio Abbado
this entity surface form: Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Lucerne Festival associatedWith Claudio Abbado
Echo Klassik Award notableRecipient Claudio Abbado
subject surface form: Echo Klassik
Symphony No. 3 in D minor notableRecording Claudio Abbado
this entity surface form: Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic
Milan Conservatory notableAlumni Claudio Abbado
CSO principalGuestConductor Claudio Abbado
subject surface form: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding assistantTo Claudio Abbado
Hans Swarowsky student Claudio Abbado