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

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 • Jan. 20, 2024

“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 • Jan. 20, 2024

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

But that was the risk that Abbado took in the name of beauty.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023