Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado is a Leader Italy N, born the June 26th 1933 with Milan.

Biography

Beginnings

While hearing at the seven years age, with the Scala of Milan, the Night of Debussy, it decides that he will be leader. After studies with the academy of Milan, with the course Carlo Zecchi with His, it is with Vienna that it improves with the direction of orchestra with Hans Swarowsky and takes part in the chorus S in the concerts of the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna directed by largest, Hermann Scherchen, Josef Krips, Bruno Walter or Herbert von Karajan.

In 1958, it gains the contest Koussevitzky with Tanglewood.

It begins in Scala from Milan in 1960.

The price Dimitri Mitropoulos of the Philharmonic orchestra of New York (1963) and its work with Leonard Bernstein marks the beginning of the great recognition.

In 1965, with Salzburg, they are the first steps of its course with the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna and with Gustav Mahler (with its '' Second Symphony '' known as “Resurrection”) and with the Symphony orchestra of London.

Its first recordings are published in 1967 at Decca and Deutsche Grammophon.

La Scala

Of 1968 with 1986, he is musical director of the Orchestra of the theater of La Scala of Milan.

Artist committed and implied in his time, it collaborates with Paolo Grassi and largest directors such Giorgio Strehler, Youri Lioubimov, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Andrei Tarkovski; its standpoint against the American intervention with the Vietnam or against the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia is worth to him the enmity of most of the political community. Despite everything, this thirteen years period will be richest of the Italian institution: the musical approach of the Italian chief will make wonder in the opera S of Giuseppe Verdi assembled then, of Macbeth , Simon Boccanegra , Aïda , a Ball masked with Don Carlos .

Its open-minded guides the choice of works seldom carried out, of Compositeur S of the École of Vienna, of Igor Stravinski, Béla Bartók, of more contemporary such Luigi Nono.

With his/her friend the Pianist Maurizio Pollini then later Rudolf Serkin, one of its concerns is to democratize the access to the music for the listeners, but also for the young musicians, for whom it will create, inter alia, the Orchestra of young people of the European Community, the Orchestra of young people Gustav Mahler or will invest in its artistic function of Director of the Chamber orchestra of Europe.

Milan, London, Vienna

Of 1978 with 1986, as principal chief of the London Symphony Orchestrated, it finds an instrument ideal for its musical eclecticism, one period of a exceptional Carmen of Georges Bizet.

Of 1986 with 1991, it occupies the general position of director of the Opéra of Vienna, with the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna, where it directs Verdi, Beethoven, Schubert, Berg, Rihm, Nono, Kurtág, Debussy etc

Berlin

He is elected principal chief of the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin in 1989.

He will widen the repertory of this orchestra, will renovate the manpower and the spirit during this period of group. He will re-record his works fetishes, supplementing his Discographie with works of Ludwig van Beethoven, of Johannes Brahms while passing by Gustav Mahler, but also of Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann or Modest Moussorgski. He also opens the repertory of the Festival of Easter of Salzburg, where he succeeds Karajan at the musical position of director only in 1994. He decides to leave the orchestra in 2002 front the growing dissatisfaction of the orchestra.

He then directs rare concerts very awaited in the works selected and deepened with to the program Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Bach or Mahler.

He directed much lyric works, and Modern music, with a constant worry of the respect of the partition.

Lucerne

In August 2003 it still forms an orchestra, the Orchestre of the Festival of Lucerne with instrumentalists of the orchestras which it often directed (philharmonic orchestras of Berlin, of Vienna), its orchestras (the Chamber orchestra of Europe, the Chamber orchestra Gustav Mahler) and also large Soliste S, become again modest Instrumentiste S, he will give the 2nd symphony of Gustav Mahler then in 2004, Tristan and Isolde of Richard Wagner.

Its great sensitivity, its deep musical quality and the important thing extended of its repertory (of Claudio Monteverdi to Pierre Boulez, do of Claudio Abbado one of the large leaders of the 20th century.

Selective discography

  • Bach, the Passion according to Saint-Matthieu, BWV 244 with the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin;

  • Ludwig van Beethoven ;

    • 3rd, 4th and 5th (known as “the emperor”) concertos for piano with Maurizio Pollini and the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin,
    • the Music on Egmont of Goethe with Bruno Ganz and the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin,
    • the 3rd symphony known as “heroic” with the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin
    • the 7 {{E}} symphony with the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin or the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna
    • 9th,

  • Alban Berg ;

    • Wozzeck with the Chorus of the Small singers of Vienna and the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna,
    • the Excentric Continuation, the Altenberg Lieder op.4 with Margaret Price and the Symphony orchestra of London,

  • Berlioz, Te Deum op.22 with the Orchestra of the young people of the European Community;

  • Brahms ;

    • the 2nd concerto for piano with Maurizio Pollini and the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna,
    • the 2nd symphony with the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin,
    • the 3rd symphony with the Orchestra of Staatskapelle of Dresden,
    • the 1st serenade with the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin,
    • Rinaldo , Schicksalslied with Ambrosian Singers and the Orchestra new Philharmonia,

  • Bruckner ;

    • the 7th symphony with the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna,
    • the 9th symphony with the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna,

  • Debussy ;

    • the Prelude to the afternoon of a fauna, Three Night (Clouds, Festivals, Sirens), Pelléas and Mélisande (continuation) , Emmanuel Pahud, chorus of the radio of Berlin and the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin,
    • the Sea , Orchestra of the Festival of Lucerne

  • Dvořák, the 9th symphony known as “Of the new world” with the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin;

  • Janáček, the Sinfonietta with the Symphony orchestra of London;

  • Ligeti, Lontano , Atmospheres with the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna;

  • Mahler ;

    • the 2nd symphony known as “Resurrection” with the chorus Schönberg and the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna,
    • the 2nd symphony known as “Resurrection” with the Orchestra of the Festival of Lucerne,
    • the 4th symphony , with the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin and Renee Fleming,
    • the 9th symphony with the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin,

  • Mendelssohn, 3rd “Scottish” symphony op.56 known as, 4th “Italian” symphony op.90 known as with the Symphony orchestra of London;

  • Mozart;

    • the Concertos for piano K. 466 and K. 467 with Friedrich Gulda and the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna,
    • the Missa solemnis K. 139 (47a), known as “Waisenhaus-Mass” « of the orphanage” in memory of Hans Swarowsky with the choruses of the Opera of Vienna and the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna,
    • the Magic Flute with as soloists Christoph Strehl and Erika Miklosa (2006),
    • the Great Mass in minor C K.427 with for soloists Barbara Bonney and Arleen Auger (2003),
    • Concerto for N°1 flute - Concerto for flute and - Concerto for clarinet grips, with as soloists Emmanuel Pahud and Sabine Meyer (2001)

  • Moussorgsky ;

    • the Khowantschina with the choruses and the Symphony orchestra of London,
    • Boris Godounov with various choruses and the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin,

  • Nono, It canto sospeso with the choruses of the radio of Berlin and the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin;

  • Ravel, Daphnis and Chloé, Pavane for a late infante with the choruses of the Academy of New England and the Symphony orchestra of Boston;

  • Schönberg, the Gurrelieder with the choruses of the Opera of Vienna and the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna;

  • Schubert ;

    • symphonic works with the Chamber orchestra of Europe,
    • the Mass D. 950 with the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna,
    • Fierrabras with the Chamber orchestra of Europe,

  • Stravinski, the Rite of Spring, the bird of fire, Pétrouchka with the symphony orchestra of London

  • Tchaïkovski ;

    • 4th symphony, 6th symphony known as “pathetic” with the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna,
    • the 5th symphony with the Symphony orchestra of London,

  • Made green;

    • Falstaff with the Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin,
    • Macbeth with soloists, choruses and the Orchestra of Scala of Milan,
    • Simon Boccanegra with soloists, choruses and the Orchestra of Scala of Milan,
    • the Messa di requiem with soloists, choruses and the Orchestra of Scala of Milan.

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