Claudio Abbado

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, 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.

Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado

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