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Claudio Abbado
Acting
Born: June 26, 1933
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

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
as Self - Conductor

To Play and to Fight
as Self - Interviewee

Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
as Self

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

The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
as Self

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
as Self - Conductor

Beethoven: The Symphonies
as Self - Conductor

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
as Self - Conductor

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