Claudio Abbado
Born: 26th June 1933, Milan
Died: 20th January 2014, Bologna
Nationality: Italian
Abbado was born in Milan in 1933. He studied piano at the Milan Conservatory with his father Michelangelo Abbado, and went on to study conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1958, he won the Koussevitsky Competition, establishing him in Italy. He began working at La Scala in 1960 and remained there as musical director until 1986: his extensive discography includes a series of landmark Verdi recordings with his Milanese forces.
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Claudio Abbado conducts Schubert's "Great" C Major Symphony
1st Jun 2015
James listens to the late Claudio Abbado's account of Schubert's Ninth Symphony with the Orchestra Mozart.
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Bruckner Symphonies from Claudio Abbado and Iván Fischer
7th Jul 2014
James enjoys a double-bill of Bruckner symphonies - No. 9 from Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's account of No. 7 under Iván Fischer.
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