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Abbado, Claudio
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Abbado, Claudio (1933– )

Italian conductor. He was principal director of the Vienna State Opera from 1986–91 and of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1989–2002. Associated early in his career with the La Scala Opera, Milan, his wide-ranging repertoire includes a significant number of 20th-century composers, among them Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Janáček, Bartók, and Stockhausen. He has also conducted the European Youth Orchestra from its inception in 1977.



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There, he met musical luminaries like conductors Leonard Bernstein, James Levine and Claudio Abbado.
Speaking of bargains, Deutsche Grammophon has issued a low-priced, two-CD set (DG 435085-2) that contains most of Stravinsky's great ballets--Le Sacre du Printemps, The Firebird, Petrouchka, Pulcinella, and Jeu de Cartes--outstandingly performed by Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra.
She is also a previous Grammy winner for Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado (2000).
 
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