Claudio Abbado

1 win & 2 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Minority Report Soundtrack

(2002)

Shutter Island Soundtrack

(2010)

Elle Soundtrack

(2016)

Shed No Tears Soundtrack

(2013)

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Filmography

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Music department (34 credits)

2008 Brandenburg Concertos (Video) (musical director - uncredited)

2007 Eterna Magia (TV Series) (musician - 296 episodes)

- Episode #1.147 (2007) ... (musician: piano)

- Episode #1.146 (2007) ... (musician: piano)

- Episode #1.145 (2007) ... (musician: piano)

- Episode #1.144 (2007) ... (musician: piano)

- Episode #1.143 (2007) ... (musician: piano)

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2007 Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music (TV Series documentary) (conductor - 5 episodes)

- Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major (2007) ... (conductor)

- Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor 'From the New World' (2007) ... (conductor)

- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 ... (conductor)

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor ... (conductor)

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor ... (conductor)

2003 Great Performances (TV Series) (conductor - 1 episode)

- Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert: From Palermo (2003) ... (conductor: orchestra)

2002/I Simon Boccanegra (TV Movie) (conductor)

2001 Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem (TV Special) (conductor)

1999 Grand Finale (TV Special documentary) (conductor)

1998 The Harvest of Sorrow (TV Movie documentary) (conductor)

1997 Don Giovanni (TV Movie) (conductor)

1997 Gala from Berlin (TV Special) (conductor)

1997 Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45 (TV Special) (conductor)

1996 Italienische Nacht - Italian Night (TV Special documentary) (conductor)

1993 Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy (TV Movie) (conductor)

1992 From the House of the Dead (TV Movie) (conductor)

1992 Hector Berlioz: Te Deum (TV Special) (conductor)

1992 Il viaggio a Reims (TV Movie) (conductor)

1991 Le nozze di Figaro (TV Movie) (conductor)

1990 Lohengrin (TV Movie) (conductor)

1989 Elektra (TV Movie) (conductor)

1989 Khovanshchina (TV Movie) (conductor)

1988 Il viaggio a Reims (TV Movie) (conductor)

1987 Wozzeck (TV Movie) (conductor)

1986 Lux aeterna - Claudio Abbado bei den Proben von Verdis Missa da Requiem (TV Movie documentary) (conductor)

1986 Un ballo in maschera (TV Movie) (conductor)

1985 Hommage à Rossini (TV Special) (conductor)

1984 Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'Albergo del Gigilio d'oro (TV Movie) (conductor)

1981 Cinderella (conductor)

1978 Simon Boccanegra (TV Movie) (conductor)

1978 Un ballo in maschera (TV Movie) (musical director)

1978 Don Carlo (TV Movie) (conductor)

1976 The Lively Arts (TV Series documentary) (conductor - 2 episodes)

- In Performance: The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (1976) ... (conductor)

- In Performance: The Barber of Seville (1976) ... (conductor)

1976 Macbeth (TV Movie) (conductor)

1975 Un ballo in maschera (TV Movie) (conductor)

1973 Der Barbier von Sevilla (conductor)

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Soundtrack (23 credits)

2018 Homecoming (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Pineapple (2018) ... (performer: "Atmosphères")

2016/I Elle (performer: "Der, welcher wandert diese Straße voll Beschwerden")

2015/I The Apostate (performer: "The Crusaders in Pskov", "The Battle on Ice")

2015 A Bigger Splash (performer: "Falstaff")

2014 We Are Many (Documentary) (performer: "STABAT MATER")

2013 Shed No Tears (performer: "Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr 21 C-dur K. V. 467")

2012 Sinner's Saint (Short) (performer: "Lontano")

2010 Shutter Island (performer: "LONTANO" (1967))

2007 Eterna Magia (TV Series) (performer: "Concerto Nº02 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op.18")

2007 Wonderful and Loved by All (performer: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe! Ur Die Zauberflöte")

2003 Singing Behind Screens ("Symphonie phantastique: Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat" (opus 14) - Largo, Allegro, Dies Irae, and Ronde du Sabbat)

2003 Skeppsholmen (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #2.1 (2003) ... (performer: "Ah! Qual colpo insaspettato!")

2002 Minority Report (performer: "Symphony No.6 in B Minor (Pathétique) Op. 74" (1893))

2001 Two Women (Short) (performer: "Piano Concerto No. 12, Second Movement")

2001 The Grey Zone (performer: "Alto Rhapsody, Opus 53" (1869))

1997 Le bassin de J.W. (performer: "Alexandre Nevsky")

1996 Claudio Abbado: Die Stille nach der Musik (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture", "Symphony No. 2 in B major. D 125", "Kammersinfonie No. 1 in E major, op. 9", "Elektra", "Symphony No. 6 in F major, op 68, Pastoral", "Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 3 in C minor, op. 37", "Symphony No. 9 in D minor")

1996 Italienische Nacht - Italian Night (TV Special documentary) (performer: "Nabucco: Va, pensiero", "Nabucco: Overture", "I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta", "Don Carlos: E lui, desso, l'Infante", "Guillaume Tell: Overture", "Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture", "Il trovatore: Vedi! le fosche notturne (Anvil Chorus)", "Otello: Già nella notte densa")

1995 All Things Fair (performer: "Romeo and Juliet" (Fantasy Overture))

1995 Celestial Clockwork (performer: "Ouveture (Sinfonia)", "Final", "O figlie amabili", "Portatemi a balar")

1994 Ulrike Marie Meinhof (Documentary) (performer: "Como una ola de fuerza y luz")

1993 Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy (TV Movie) (performer: "Peter and the Wolf", Op. 67)

1963 New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Young Performers - No. 5 (1963) ... (performer: "Introduction and Allegro")

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Actor (2 credits)

2009 Verdi: Requiem (TV Movie)
Conductor

1985 Hommage à Rossini (TV Special)
Conductor

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Self (40 credits)

2014 Maurizio Pollini: De Main De Maître (Documentary)

2014 L'Orchestra - Claudio Abbado e i musicisti della Mozart (Documentary)
Himself

2010 SRF Kultur: Stars (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Conductor

- Claudio Abbado dirigiert das Lucerne Festival Orchestra (2010) ... Himself - Conductor

2009 Che tempo che fa (TV Series)
Himself

- Una notte all'opera (2009) ... Himself

2009 In tempo, ma rubato (Documentary)
Himself

2008 Brandenburg Concertos (Video)
Himself - Concertatore

2006 To Play and to Fight (Documentary)
Himself - Interviewee

2003 Imagine (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The Voice of Bryn Terfel (2003) ... Himself

2003 Caballé, más allá de la música (Documentary)
Himself

2003 Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2002 Prima della prima (TV Series documentary)
Direttore d'orchestra

- Simon Boccanegra di Giuseppe Verdi (2002) ... Direttore d'orchestra

2002/I Simon Boccanegra (TV Movie)
Himself - Maestro Concertatore e Direttore

2001 Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem (TV Special)
Conductor

1999 Grand Finale (TV Special documentary)
Dirigent

1999 Herbert von Karajan 1908-1989 (TV Movie documentary)
Conductor

1999 Requiem (TV Movie)
Himself - Conductor

1998 Songs of Love and Desire (TV Special documentary)
Conductor

1997 Gala from Berlin (TV Special)
Conductor

1997 Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45 (TV Special)
Dirigent

1996 Claudio Abbado: Die Stille nach der Musik (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1996 György Kurtág: The Matchstick Man (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1996 Gyufaember - Az én Kurtágom (Documentary)
Himself

1996 Italienische Nacht - Italian Night (TV Special documentary)
Conductor

1996 Klavier im Stau (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1995 Conducting Mahler (Documentary)
Himself - Conductor

1995 Great Performances (TV Series)
Himself

- Abbado in Berlin: The First Year (1995) ... Himself

1993 Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy (TV Movie)
Himself - Conductor

1992 Hector Berlioz: Te Deum (TV Special)
Conductor

1992 Il viaggio a Reims (TV Movie)
Himself - Dirigent

1989 Elektra (TV Movie)
Himself - Dirigent

1988 Il viaggio a Reims (TV Movie)
Himself - Dirigent

1986 Lux aeterna - Claudio Abbado bei den Proben von Verdis Missa da Requiem (TV Movie documentary)
Conductor

1984 Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'Albergo del Gigilio d'oro (TV Movie)
Himself - Direttore

1980-1981 Grâce à la musique (TV Series)
Himself / Chef d'orchestre

- Béla Bartók (1981) ... Himself / Chef d'orchestre

- Johannes Brahms, un vagabond sans adresse (1980) ... Himself / Chef d'orchestre

1978 Simon Boccanegra (TV Movie)
Himself - Direction musicale

1978 Don Carlo (TV Movie)
Himself - Direttore

1976 Macbeth (TV Movie)
Himself - Concertaatore e direttore d'orchestra

1972 Musik zum Ansehen (TV Series)
Himself

1970 Verdi Messa di Requiem (TV Movie)
Himself - Conductor

1963 New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (TV Series)
Himself - Assistant Conductor

- Young Performers - No. 5 (1963) ... Himself - Assistant Conductor

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Archive footage (2 credits)

2014 The 56th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Conductor / Music Director (In Memoriam)

2007 Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major (2007) ... Himself

- Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor 'From the New World' (2007) ... Himself

- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 ... Himself

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor ... Himself

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor ... Himself

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Personal Quote:

A conductor must consider himself first and foremost a musician. The whole idea of the conductor as some sort of god or dictator is absurd - especially as the age of the autocrat is now finished. [in an interview with The Scotsman newspaper] See more »

Trivia:

As a child during WWII, he scrawled "Viva Bartok" on a public wall; the contemporary Hungarian composer was one of his musical idols. During the war, graffiti was often used in Italy for political expression. The authorities saw the foreign name and assumed Bartók was an anti-Fascist activist. They came to Abbado's house, wanting to know who this fellow Bartok was. Abbado showed them a musical ... See more »