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

He, along with his very close friend, the conductor Claudio Abbado, and Nono all voted for the Italian Communist party, since it was anti-fascist.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Mr. Abbado attended the now-famous 1971 staging, which was conducted by his father, the prolific Claudio Abbado, who died in 2014.

From New York Times

“I saw the production when I was very young, about 12 or 13, and it seemed perfect to me, even at that age,” Mr. Abbado said in a recent phone interview.

From New York Times