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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Example Sentences

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

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

“For me,” Abbado added, “power is always linked with dictatorship.”

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

In 1958, Abbado triumphed at Tanglewood in the United States, then, after three years spent teaching chamber music in Parma, won a year as an assistant at the New York Philharmonic.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Achieving that ideal was no simple task with orchestras of long traditions and routines, though Abbado remade the Philharmonic in his image, and lastingly so.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023