Over 25 years, through crises and a changing world, Michael Haefliger has made the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland as we know it. By Joshua Barone A collection of 257 CDs and eight DVDs released by ...

Claudio Abbado, the renowned Italian conductor who served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan for nearly 20 years and led such prestigious groups as the London Symphony Orchestra, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italian conductor Claudio Abbado conducts the Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra during rehearsal in Rome's Santa Cecilia Auditorium ...

NEW YORK — Claudio Abbado, a conductor whose refined interpretations of a large symphonic and operatic repertory won him the directorships of several of the world’s most revered musical institutions — ...

Claudio Abbado, one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation, died Monday in Bologna, Italy, at age 80. His death was announced by a spokesperson for Bologna's mayor, saying that it ...

Still from the film "Claudio Abbado: The Silence That Follows the Music," 1996. Abbado career included stints as music director of several major international orchestras, the Associated Press reported ...

You wouldn’t likely buy this set – “Claudio Abbado – The Last Concert” – for the music it contains: One disc of Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and one of Berlioz’ Symphonique fantastique. So ...

A collection of 257 CDs and eight DVDs released by Deutsche Grammophon offers the breadth of Abbado’s approach, and its legacy. By David Allen The Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s musicians, split across 14 ...

Rome, Jan 20 (EFE).Rome, Jan 20 (EFE). — Italian orchestra conductor Claudio Abbado, whose baton directed the Berlin Philharmonic, La Scala and the Vienna State Opera for years, died Monday in Bologna ...

Claudio Abbado, a star in the great generation of Italian conductors who was revered by musicians in the world's leading orchestras for developing a strong rapport with them while still allowing them ...

Claudio Abbado, a star in the great generation of Italian conductors who was revered by musicians in the world’s leading orchestras for developing a strong rapport with them while still allowing them ...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, a former director of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, has died aged 80 after a long illness, Milan opera house Teatro alla Scala said on Monday.