Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian: [ˈklaudjo abˈbaːdo];… Read Full Bio ↴Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian: [ˈklaudjo abˈbaːdo]; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1989 to 2002. He was made a Senator for life in the Senate of Italy in 2013.
Born in Milan, Italy, Abbado was the son of the violinist and composer Michelangelo Abbado, who was his first piano teacher, and the brother of the musician Marcello Abbado. After studying piano, composition, and conducting at the Milan Conservatory, at age 16, in 1955 he studied conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the Vienna Academy of Music. He also spent time at the Chigiana Academy at Siena. In 1958 he won the international Serge Koussevitsky Competition for conductors, at the Tanglewood Music Festival, which resulted in a number of operatic conducting engagements in Italy, and in 1963 he won the Dimitri Mitropoulos Prize for conductors, allowing him to work for five months with the New York Philharmonic.
Career:
Abbado made his debut at La Scala in his hometown of Milan in 1960 and served as its music director from 1968 to 1986, conducting not only the traditional Italian repertoire but also presenting a contemporary opera each year, as well as a concert series devoted to the works of Alban Berg and Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. He was instrumental in increasing accessibility to the working-class. He also founded the Filarmonica della Scala in 1982, for the performance of orchestral repertoire in concert.
Abbado conducted the Vienna Philharmonic for the first time in 1965 in a concert at the Salzburg Festival, and became the principal conductor in 1971. He served as music director and conductor for the Vienna State Opera from 1986 to 1991, with notable productions such as Mussorgsky's original Boris Godunov and his seldom-heard Khovanshchina, Franz Schubert's Fierrabras, and Gioacchino Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims.
In 1965, Abbado made his British debut at the Hallé Orchestra, followed, in 1966, by his London Symphony Orchestra debut. He continued to conduct on a regular basis with the London orchestra, until 1979. From 1979 to 1988 he became the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and from 1982 to 1986 he was principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. With both orchestras, Abbado made recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Sony.
Berlin Philharmonic:
In 1989, the Berlin Philharmonic elected Abbado as their chief conductor, to succeed Herbert von Karajan. In 1998, he announced that he would be leaving the Berlin Philharmonic after the expiry of his contract in 2002.. Aside from the major institutions he directed, Abbado was often happiest with orchestras of his own creation - the European Union Youth Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the Orchestra Mozart.
Abbado was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2000 and the treatment led to the removal of a portion of his digestive system. In 2004 he returned to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic and performed Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in a series of recorded live concerts. The resulting CD won Best Orchestral Recording and Record of the Year in Gramophone Magazine's 2006 awards. The Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic established the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize in 2006 in his honour.
Post-Berlin work:
After recovering from cancer, Abbado formed the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in 2003, whose concerts were highly acclaimed. He also served as music director of the Orchestra Mozart of Bologna, Italy.
In September 2007, Abbado announced that he was cancelling all of his forthcoming conducting engagements for the "near future" on the advice of his physicians but two months later he resumed conducting with an engagement in Bologna. In July 2011, aged 78, he declared himself to be in good health.
Musical style
Abbado performed and recorded a wide range of Romantic works, in particular Gustav Mahler, whose symphonies he recorded several times. He was also noted for his interpretations of modern works by composers such as Arnold Schönberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Giacomo Manzoni, Luigi Nono, Bruno Maderna, Thomas Adler, Giovanni Sollima, Roberto Carnevale, Franco Donatoni and George Benjamin.
Abbado desired to become a conductor for the first time as a child, when he heard a performance of Claude Debussy's Nocturnes. He had the opportunity to attend many orchestral rehearsals in Milan led by such conductors as Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler and told interviewers that Toscanini's tyrannical and sometimes abusive manner towards musicians in rehearsal repelled him, and that he resolved to behave in the gentler manner of Bruno Walter. Abbado was known to exhibit a friendly, understated, and non-confrontational manner in rehearsal.
In 1988, Abbado founded the music festival Wien Modern, which has since expanded to include all aspects of contemporary art. This interdisciplinary festival took place each year under his direction.
Abbado was also well known for his work with young musicians. He was founder and music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra (1978) and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (1986). He was also a frequent guest conductor with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe with whom he recorded a cycle of Franz Schubert symphonies to considerable acclaim. More recently, he worked with the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar of Venezuela. He was also known for his Germanic orchestral repertory as well as his interest in the music of Gioacchino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi.
Awards
Abbado received many awards and recognitions including the Grand cross of the Légion d'honneur, Bundesverdienstkreuz, Imperial Prize of Japan, Mahler Medal, Khytera Prize, and honorary doctorates from the universities of Ferrara, Cambridge, Aberdeen, and Havana.
In 1973, Abbado won the Mozart Medal awarded by Mozartgemeinde Wien, and the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 1994.
Abbado received the 1997 Grammy Award in the Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor) category for "Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1" and the 2005 Grammy Award in the Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) category for "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3" performed by Martha Argerich.
In April 2012, Abbado was voted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame, and in May of the same year, he was awarded the conductor prize at the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards.
On 30 August 2013, Abbado was appointed to the Italian Senate as a Senator for life by President Giorgio Napolitano for his "outstanding cultural achievements".
Personal life
Abbado's son is the opera director Daniele Abbado. From his relationship with the violinist Viktoria Mullova, he was the father of her oldest child, Misha. His nephew, Roberto Abbado (the son of his brother Marcello, born 1926, who is a composer and pianist), is also a conductor.
Abbado died in Bologna on 20 January 2014.
Born in Milan, Italy, Abbado was the son of the violinist and composer Michelangelo Abbado, who was his first piano teacher, and the brother of the musician Marcello Abbado. After studying piano, composition, and conducting at the Milan Conservatory, at age 16, in 1955 he studied conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the Vienna Academy of Music. He also spent time at the Chigiana Academy at Siena. In 1958 he won the international Serge Koussevitsky Competition for conductors, at the Tanglewood Music Festival, which resulted in a number of operatic conducting engagements in Italy, and in 1963 he won the Dimitri Mitropoulos Prize for conductors, allowing him to work for five months with the New York Philharmonic.
Career:
Abbado made his debut at La Scala in his hometown of Milan in 1960 and served as its music director from 1968 to 1986, conducting not only the traditional Italian repertoire but also presenting a contemporary opera each year, as well as a concert series devoted to the works of Alban Berg and Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. He was instrumental in increasing accessibility to the working-class. He also founded the Filarmonica della Scala in 1982, for the performance of orchestral repertoire in concert.
Abbado conducted the Vienna Philharmonic for the first time in 1965 in a concert at the Salzburg Festival, and became the principal conductor in 1971. He served as music director and conductor for the Vienna State Opera from 1986 to 1991, with notable productions such as Mussorgsky's original Boris Godunov and his seldom-heard Khovanshchina, Franz Schubert's Fierrabras, and Gioacchino Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims.
In 1965, Abbado made his British debut at the Hallé Orchestra, followed, in 1966, by his London Symphony Orchestra debut. He continued to conduct on a regular basis with the London orchestra, until 1979. From 1979 to 1988 he became the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and from 1982 to 1986 he was principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. With both orchestras, Abbado made recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Sony.
Berlin Philharmonic:
In 1989, the Berlin Philharmonic elected Abbado as their chief conductor, to succeed Herbert von Karajan. In 1998, he announced that he would be leaving the Berlin Philharmonic after the expiry of his contract in 2002.. Aside from the major institutions he directed, Abbado was often happiest with orchestras of his own creation - the European Union Youth Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and the Orchestra Mozart.
Abbado was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2000 and the treatment led to the removal of a portion of his digestive system. In 2004 he returned to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic and performed Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in a series of recorded live concerts. The resulting CD won Best Orchestral Recording and Record of the Year in Gramophone Magazine's 2006 awards. The Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic established the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize in 2006 in his honour.
Post-Berlin work:
After recovering from cancer, Abbado formed the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in 2003, whose concerts were highly acclaimed. He also served as music director of the Orchestra Mozart of Bologna, Italy.
In September 2007, Abbado announced that he was cancelling all of his forthcoming conducting engagements for the "near future" on the advice of his physicians but two months later he resumed conducting with an engagement in Bologna. In July 2011, aged 78, he declared himself to be in good health.
Musical style
Abbado performed and recorded a wide range of Romantic works, in particular Gustav Mahler, whose symphonies he recorded several times. He was also noted for his interpretations of modern works by composers such as Arnold Schönberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Giacomo Manzoni, Luigi Nono, Bruno Maderna, Thomas Adler, Giovanni Sollima, Roberto Carnevale, Franco Donatoni and George Benjamin.
Abbado desired to become a conductor for the first time as a child, when he heard a performance of Claude Debussy's Nocturnes. He had the opportunity to attend many orchestral rehearsals in Milan led by such conductors as Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler and told interviewers that Toscanini's tyrannical and sometimes abusive manner towards musicians in rehearsal repelled him, and that he resolved to behave in the gentler manner of Bruno Walter. Abbado was known to exhibit a friendly, understated, and non-confrontational manner in rehearsal.
In 1988, Abbado founded the music festival Wien Modern, which has since expanded to include all aspects of contemporary art. This interdisciplinary festival took place each year under his direction.
Abbado was also well known for his work with young musicians. He was founder and music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra (1978) and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (1986). He was also a frequent guest conductor with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe with whom he recorded a cycle of Franz Schubert symphonies to considerable acclaim. More recently, he worked with the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar of Venezuela. He was also known for his Germanic orchestral repertory as well as his interest in the music of Gioacchino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi.
Awards
Abbado received many awards and recognitions including the Grand cross of the Légion d'honneur, Bundesverdienstkreuz, Imperial Prize of Japan, Mahler Medal, Khytera Prize, and honorary doctorates from the universities of Ferrara, Cambridge, Aberdeen, and Havana.
In 1973, Abbado won the Mozart Medal awarded by Mozartgemeinde Wien, and the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 1994.
Abbado received the 1997 Grammy Award in the Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor) category for "Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1" and the 2005 Grammy Award in the Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) category for "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3" performed by Martha Argerich.
In April 2012, Abbado was voted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame, and in May of the same year, he was awarded the conductor prize at the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards.
On 30 August 2013, Abbado was appointed to the Italian Senate as a Senator for life by President Giorgio Napolitano for his "outstanding cultural achievements".
Personal life
Abbado's son is the opera director Daniele Abbado. From his relationship with the violinist Viktoria Mullova, he was the father of her oldest child, Misha. His nephew, Roberto Abbado (the son of his brother Marcello, born 1926, who is a composer and pianist), is also a conductor.
Abbado died in Bologna on 20 January 2014.
Romeo and Juliet
Claudio Abbado Lyrics
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Alec R. Costandinos Two households both alike in dignity, In fair Verona where w…
Andy Williams A time for us some day there'll be When chains are…
Biz Markie Romeo, romeo, wherefor art thou? That's what juliet asked, b…
Blue Magic PAT BOONE Love Letters In The Sand On a day like today We…
Blue System I´m not your Juliet, and you´re not Romeo But I will…
Chill (Go, go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Party on and on and…
D-Cay (Ayee shoutout my nigga Stone man) We can't let nothing, no…
David and The High Spirit They say that love is a gave of give and…
Dire Strait's A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets a serenade Laying everyb…
Dire Straits — The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations So your lovestruck Romeo has got his serenade Laying everybo…
Dire Straits/Eric Clapton A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets a serenade Laying everyb…
Dire Straits/Musicfire.in A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets of serenade Laying every…
Dire Straits/The Gary Tesca Orchestra A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets a serenade Laying everyb…
Dire Straits爀 A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets of serenade Laying eve…
E. Power Biggs It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
Edwin McCain Romeo and Juliet see love struck Romeo hit the street on…
Emerson, Lake & Palmer instrumental…
Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler So your lovestruck Romeo has got his serenade Laying everybo…
Emmylou Harris/Mark Knopfler So your lovestruck Romeo has got his serenade Laying everyb…
Fadin' Colours Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wa…
Fading Colours Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
FAMILY ROOM - Dire Straits A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets a serenade Laying everyb…
Fury In The Slaughterhouse you don't need me I don't know if I need you you…
G. Benson / E. Klugh G Nino in the Building I told her that I'll be…
Hahapoison Poison Lots of sleepless nights ahead Thinking daydreams in…
Hobo Johnson and The Lovemakers It feels so good Oh that's my shit right there That's the…
Indigo Girls A love struck romeo Sings the streets a serenade Now he's la…
John Illsley Love is a beautiful thing This love na for you and…
JOHNNY DRILLE -Johnny Drille- -Mavin- Love is a beautiful thing This love …
Jubyphonic Setting all the words now free, I can't be the…
KITCHEN - Dire Straits A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets a serenade Laying everyb…
Lisa Mitchell Well a love struck Romeo, sings the streets a serenade Layi…
LIVING ROOM 1 - Dire Straits A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets a serenade Laying everyb…
Loredana Mozzik Ey, Juliet, Juliet, ich bin Romeo Du bist Gangster, doch süß…
Mark Ermler A Time For Us A time for us someday there'll be When…
Mark Knopfler So your lovestruck Romeo has got his serenade Laying everybo…
Mark Knopfler / Emmylou Harris So your lovestruck Romeo has got his serenade Laying everyb…
Mark Knopfler And Emmylou Harris So your lovestruck Romeo has got his serenade Laying everybo…
Mark Knopfler DIRE STRAITS A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets of serenade Laying eve…
Matt Nathanson A lovestruck Romeo sings a streetsus serenade Layin' everybo…
Mental As Anything Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
Mickey Avalon It's Mickey Avalon here Leading lambs to water, ha With Litt…
Minho 君も知っているだろう 不朽の名作を この手を差し出して Oh baby, oh baby 名前を呼んでもいい? 僕だけの…
Monte Montgomery A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsus serenade Laying everybo…
P. I. Tchaikovski [Chorus] It's a lot like Romeo and Juliet It feels like Som…
PEACH MARTINE Romeo and Juliet Have nothing on us cause they’re dead Anywa…
Peter's Faces Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
Reflections Findin' a job tomorrow mornin'. Gotta little somethin' I wa…
Rhianna Always A Bad Day When Your Never Here But Hey I…
S.O.A.P. [Chorus] It's a lot like Romeo and Juliet It feels like …
Sascha Th. G. Krebs G Nino in the Building I told her that I'll be…
Scott Kempner Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
Sergei Prokofjew DUM DA DUM DA BUM DA BUM DA (repeat) doo de doo da…
Sha Na Na Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
Shy Porter Romeo Did you get your wings clipped And Juliet Did you try …
Silk E. Fyne It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
Snuff Georgy porgy pudding and pie Kissed the girls and made them…
Stephen Bishop Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wa…
Steve Knightley A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade Laying every…
Sultans Of Swing (dire Straits Sound-a-like) A lovestruck Romeo Sings the streets of serenade Laying ever…
Sylk It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
Sylk-E Fyne It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
Sylk-E. Fyne It's like Romeo and Juliet Hot sex on a platta just…
Ten-Headed Skeleton They met as kids in school long ago her mother…
The Fadin' Colours Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wa…
The Honeys Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
The Killers A love struck Romeo, sings the streets of serenade Laying ev…
The Killers (Cover) A love struck Romeo, sings the streets of serenade Laying e…
The Killers; The Killers A love struck Romeo, sings the streets of serenade Laying ev…
The KillersĀ A love struck Romeo, sings the streets of serenade Laying e…
The Racket Squad Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
The Reflections (Ooh, ooh, oop) Finding a job tomorrow morning Got a little…
The Romantic Strings and Orchestra Two households both alike in dignity, In fair Verona where w…
The Undertones Finding a job tomorrow morning, Got a little something I wan…
Toby Twirl It was love at first sight when they met with…
Toy-Box It's a lot like Romeo and Juliet It feels like Something'…
Trilla Kid Romeo she my Juliet I'm her Romeo she my Juliet All th…
Widowspeak A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets a serenade Laying everyb…
Zahl A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade Laying ever…
Dire Straits A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets a serenade Laying everyb…
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Junko Ikeda
1:22 the sound of the cello and double bass bow strongly popping along with the drums is very impressive.
Pedro Mauro David
always makes me cry
Kyle Smith
Such incredible quality, probably the finest version on Youtube. You started onto some sort of saxophone at the end though, which I now need to hear.
Rui Favacho
Prokofiev, Claudio Abbado e Berliner Philharmoniker. Maravilhosos. Geniais. Gigantes. Eternos.
foodmore
RIP Claudio Abbado. You will be missed...
AttitudeCastle
The part at 1:02 / 1:03 is the best! And the Berlin Phil's low brass nailed it! Absolutely wonderful! Loved the german sound added into it too! As i'm so used to it with an English/British sound :)
Shin-i-chi Kozima
This is a tranquilizer for me
Just by listening , the worries of this fleeting life will be blown away
From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
Emanuel Rodrigues
Maravilhoso. Wonderful.
GryphonSkull
this is amazing
and amazingly played... makes me wish I could hear them live some time
Margaret Chase
You hear the celesta also in the Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) The dance of the sugar plum fairy. This ballet Romeo and Juliet is one of my favorites!