Get an insiders glimpse of the preparation of Claudio Abbados arresting performance of Verdis Missa da Requiem in this behindthescenes documentary showcasing the acclaimed conductor as he rehearses ...

When the frail Claudio Abbado reached the end of his Lucerne Festival concert in August last year, the once highly charismatic conductor looked so distant and transfigured that many in the audience ...

Claudio Abbado, an Italian conductor whose wide-ranging mastery of symphonic and operatic repertory and attention to detail drew comparisons to more famous maestros Carlo Mario Giulini, Arturo ...

In my hot youth, to borrow from Byron, the palm (or should it be baton?) for the title of most legendary living conductor undoubtedly belonged to Sergiu Celibidache. The Romanian had given up the job ...

Claudio Abbado decided at age 7 to become a conductor. He was attending a concert at La Scala, the opera house in his hometown of Milan. That night the orchestra was playing Debussy’s “Three Nocturnes ...

CLAUDIO ABBADO, the Italian conductor who has died aged 80, gave concerts that were "life-changing events", writes Tom Service in The Guardian. Abbado's power was undiminished even in later life, ...

Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, who pushed to open the music world to a wider public and was loved by orchestras for his gentle manner, died on Monday after a stellar career that took him to La ...

Of course my most powerful musical memories of Abbado are of his Mahler symphonies – he did No 1 right at the beginning of his tenure and it was scintillating! He was also extraordinary at Beethoven's ...

What was its legacy before Pappano (pictured below right in front of one of the copper domes of Renzo Piano's Parco della Musica) came along in 2005? A revelatory new eight-CD set compiled from the ...