FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2007 filer, conductor Claudio Abbado, left, conducts his orchestra during the opening concert of the Lucerne Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. Claudio Abbado, a star in the ...

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 ...

A string of unusually bad luck seems to have struck the podium of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Andre Previn is the latest conductor to withdraw because of illness, with Christopher Keene taking ...

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 ...

When the frail Claudio Abbado reached the end of his Lucerne Festival concert in August last year, the once highly charismatic conductor looked so distant and transfigured that many in the audience ...

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2007 filer, conductor Claudio Abbado, left, conducts his orchestra during the opening concert of the Lucerne Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. Claudio Abbado, a star in the ...

Claudio Abbado conducting at the London Royal Festival Hall, 1983 Credit: Photo: Alamy Claudio Abbado, the Italian conductor, who has died aged 80, held four of the top musical posts in Europe: La ...

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 ...

Claudio Abbado, an Italian conductor whose wide-ranging mastery of symphonic and operatic repertory and attention to detail drew comparisons to more famous maestros Carlo Mario Giulini, Arturo ...

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.