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Marcello Abbado

Marcello Abbado (7 October 19264 June 2020) was an Italian pianist, composer, conductor and academic teacher. His compositions include several orchestral works, two ballets, numerous pieces for solo

Marcello Abbado (7 October 19264 June 2020) was an Italian pianist, composer, conductor and academic teacher. His compositions include several orchestral works, two ballets, numerous pieces for solo piano, and chamber music. As a pianist, he played in major concert halls of the world. He taught composition at several conservatories, ultimately at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory. In 1989 he was awarded the gold medal for Meritorious Culture and Art (Medaglia d’oro ai benemeriti della cultura e dell’arte) by the Government of Italy. Early life and education Born in Milan into a family of famous musicians, External links * * Marcello Abbado (Composer, Arranger) Bach Cantatas Website *

Era
Post-War
Lived
1926–2020
From
Italy
Born in
Milan · died Stresa
Known as
pianist, composer, conductor, music educator, musician
Instruments
piano

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.