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Biography
Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor. He served at various times as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, founder and director of Lucerne Festival Orchestra, music director of European Union Youth Orchestra, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra.
Awards & recognition
- Gramophone Award — Recording of the Year · 2015
- Gramophone Award — Lifetime Achievement · 2012
- Echo Klassik – Conductor of the Year · 2005
- Ernst Reuter Medal · 2004
- honorary doctor of the University of Basilicata · 2003
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- Praemium Imperiale · 2003
- Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal · 2003
- Echo Klassik – Conductor of the Year · 2002
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 2002
- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize · 1994
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · 1984
- Decoration of Honour — Services to the Republic of Austria
- Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit — Culture and Art
- Grammy Awards
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Great Golden Medal of Honour — Services to the Republic of Austria
- Hans von Bülow Medal
- honorary doctor of the University of Aberdeen
- honorary doctor of the University of Ferrara
- honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna
