Claudio Abbado
View on IMDb ↗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
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival
Conducting Mahler
Khovanshchina
Elektra
Wozzeck
LohengrinFilmography (87)
- 2025
Mikail Pletnev – A Genius Between TimesSelf - Conductor - 2022
Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival 2004Conductor - 2016
Claudio Abbado: The Last ConcertSelf - Conductor - 2015
Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial ConcertSelf - Conductor - 2014
Maurizio Pollini: De main de maîtreSelf - 2014
Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening ConcertConductor - 2013
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado - 2013
Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival OrchestraSelf - Conductor - 2013
Beethoven: The SymphoniesSelf - Conductor - 2012Meisterwerke der KlassikSelf
- 2011
Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5dirigent - 2011
Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)Self . Conductor - 2011
Mahler: Symphonies 1-7Self - Conductor - 2011
Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New WorldSelf - Conductor - 2011
Claudio Abbado, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska – Lucerne Festival At EasterSelf - Conductor - 2010
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3Self - Conductor - 2010
Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert LiederSelf - Conductor - 2009
Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd SymphonySelf - Conductor - 2009
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and MelisandeSelf - Conductor - 2009
In Search of BeethovenSelf - 2009
Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3dirigent - 2009
A Russian NightSelf - Conductor - 2008
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne FestivalSelf – Conductor - 2008
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6Self - Conductor - 2008
Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3Self - Conductor - 2007
To Play and to FightSelf - Interviewee - 2007
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6Self - Conductor - 2006
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7Self -Conductor - 2006
Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7Self - Conductor - 2006
José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992Conductor - 2005
Mahler: Symphony No. 9Self - Conductor - 2005
Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and BrahmsSelf - Conductor - 2005
Alfred Brendel and Claudio Abbado @ Lucerne Festival 2005 - 2004
KulturplatzSelf - 2004
Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio AbbadoSelf - Conductor - 2003
imagine…Self - 2003
Abbado in Lucerne 2003Conductor - 2003
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the SilenceSelf - 2002
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner PhilharmonikerSelf - Conductor - 2002
Conducting MahlerSelf - Conductor - 2002
Giuseppe Verdi Messa da RequiemSelf - conductor - 2002
A Verdi Gala from BerlinSelf - Conductor - 2002
Europakonzert 2002 from PalermoConductor - 2002
Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994Self - Conductor - 2002
Verdi: Simon BoccanegraSelf - Conductor - 2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5Self - Conductor - 2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8Self - Conductor - 2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9Self - Conductor - 2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7Self - Conductor - 2001
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner PhilharmonikerSelf - Conductor - 2001Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner PhilharmonikerSelf - Conductor
- 2000
Europakonzert 2000 from BerlinConductor - 2000
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2000Self - Conductor - 1999
Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 StockholmSelf - Conductor - 1999
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999Self - Conductor - 1998
Europakonzert 1998 from StockholmConductor - 1998
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998Self - Conductor - 1997
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45Self - Conductor - 1997
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997Self - Conductor - 1996
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the MusicSelf - 1996
The Matchstick MenSelf - 1996
Europakonzert 1996 from St. PetersburgConductor - 1996
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1996Self - Conductor - 1994
European Concert 1994Self - Conductor - 1994
Europakonzert 1994 from MeiningenConductor - 1993
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev FantasySelf - Conductor - 1992ECHO-VerleihungSelf
- 1991
Europakonzert 1991 from PragueConductor - 1991
Abbado in Berlin - The First YearSelf - Conductor - 1991
New Year's Concert 1991Conductor - 1990
LohengrinConductor - 1989
KhovanshchinaSelf - Conductor - 1989
ElektraSelf - Conductor - 1988
The Exile and Death of Andrei TarkovskySelf - 1987
WozzeckSelf - Conductor - 1985
Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da RequiemSelf - Conductor - 1982
Verdi: RequiemSelf - Conductor - 1981
La CenerentolaSelf - Conductor - 1979
Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano ConcertosSelf - Conductor - 1979
MacbethSelf - Conductor - 1978
Verdi: Simon BoccanegraSelf - Conductor - 1975
Verdi Un Ballo in MascheraSelf - Conductor - 1973
The Barber of SevilleSelf - Conductor - 1972
Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf - 1971
Great PerformancesSelf - —
Mahler Symphony No.4 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio AbbadoSelf - Conductor - —From the House of the Deadself
Crew (9)
- 2026The Second AssignmentMusic
- 2003Founding Concert of the Lucerne Festival OrchestraConductor
- 2002Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7Conductor
- 2002Abbado – Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 5Conductor
- 2002Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 6 & 8Conductor
- 2002Abbado - Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 9Conductor
- 2000Così Fan Tutte - Teatro Comunale di FerraraConductor
- 1998Boris GodunovConductor
- 1984Il viaggio a ReimsConductor