Claudio Abbado
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Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the Berlin Phi
Abbado in 2006
Abbado in 1965
The grave in 2024 with the Fex-valley in the background.
Claudio Abbado in 1982
Senators for life in Italy
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Senators for life in Italy are members of the Italian Senate who are either appointed by the President of the Italian Republic "for outstanding patriotic merits in the social, scientific, artistic or
Claudio Abbado
…director of the Orchestra Mozart and music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra. He was recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize and Senator for life in Italy. The Abbado family enjoyed both wealth and respect in the community until Abbado's great-grandfather gambled away the family fortune. His son, Abbado's…
President Sandro Pertini (left) with actor Eduardo De Filippo, whom he appointed senator for life
Enrico De Nicola
Guido Castelnuovo
Toscanini portrait circa 1950