Abbado

American  

[uh-bah-doh, ah-bah-daw] / əˈbɑ doʊ, ɑˈbɑ dɔ /

noun

1. Claudio 1933–2014, Italian orchestral conductor and musical director.

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Abbado British  

/ əˈbɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. Claudio. born 1933, Italian conductor; principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (1979–88); director of the Vienna State Opera (1986–91), and the Berlin Philharmonic (1989–2001)

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Abbado

Also gone was the irreplaceable library filled with 50 years worth of manuscripts and correspondence from conductors, such as Zubin Mehta and Claudio Abbado, who performed Schoenberg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

They had settled on one that Claudio Abbado made with the Berlin Philharmonic and the pianist Martha Argerich in the 1990s.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

But Abbado came to sound little like any of these predecessors, and took from none of them an aesthetic agenda to promote as his own.

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

The earliest sessions in the Universal box date from February 1966, when Abbado and the London Symphony excerpted Prokofiev ballets with enjoyable flair.

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

But not all power is political, Schell said; for instance, what might Abbado call the power of music over people?

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023