You’re working with a legend. Claudio Abbado first conducted the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1966. From the first day to the last, I enjoyed working with him. Claudio Abbado grants Tom Service a rare interview aboard a private jet. Interview by Tim Ashley Friday 2 February 2001 The Guardian.
He is seen as the finest conductor in the world - yet he doesn't tell orchestras how to play.
Add this interview to your favourites Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini have been performing together for half a century: a unique friendship among artists that continues to reveal new facets.
Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini and Anna Prohaska on old and new musical friendships (17 min.) On New Year’s Eve 1999, the Berliner Philharmoniker audience was granted the rare opportunity of enjoying an entire evening of just those spectacular closing movements – from Beethoven, Dvořák, Mahler and many more. A life in music: Claudio Abbado Interview by Tom Service To mark the death of the great conductor, here's a piece from 2009 in which he talks to Tom Service about his life and work As you can imagine, when you first work with someone like Abbado, it’s intimidating.
Classic interview: inside the Don Carlos sessions with Claudio Abbado Michael Oliver Monday, January 16, 2017 .
Celebrating Claudio Abbado’s 80th birthday today, we made a video for an interview with the conductor that we did for our book Gustav Mahler: The conductors’ Interviews. But it’s such a wonderful experience. Even serious music lovers know it: the anticipation of the finale of a symphonic work which brings an audience to its feet. Michael Oliver had privileged access to Abbado's recording of Verdi's Don Carlos with Domingo in 1985 I am to meet Viktoria Mullova at her house in Fulham, ... She lived with the conductor Claudio Abbado in Vienna for four years. Can you tell us about being assistant to conductor Claudio Abbado last year?