11 Facts About Marcello Abbado

Marcello Abbado was an Italian pianist, composer, conductor and academic teacher.

Marcello Abbado's compositions include several orchestral works, two ballets, numerous pieces for solo piano, and chamber music.

Marcello Abbado taught composition at several conservatories, ultimately at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory.

Marcello Abbado studied piano at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory with Gianandrea Gavazzeni and Renzo Lorenzoni, graduating in 1944.

Marcello Abbado further studied composition with Giulio Cesare Paribeni and Giorgio Federico Ghedini, earning the diploma in 1947.

Marcello Abbado performed in the major halls of Beijing, Budapest, Buenos Aires, London, Milan, Montreal, Moscow, New York, Paris, Rome, Tokyo and Vienna.

Marcello Abbado later taught and served as the director of the Giuseppe Nicolini Conservatory in Piacenza, at the Conservatory "Gioacchino Rossini" in Pesaro and finally at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan.

Marcello Abbado was a member of the board at the Teatro alla Scala for twenty-four years.

Marcello Abbado taught masterclasses in Asia, Europe and the United States.

Marcello Abbado was the president and a jury member of international music competitions, including the Beethoven Competition in Vienna, Bosendorfer in Brussels, Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona, Ciani in Milan, Min-On in Tokyo, Obraztosva in Saint Petersburg, Rubinstein in Tel Aviv, and Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition in Seregno, among many others.

Marcello Abbado's compositions include ballets, vocal music for choirs and solo voices, orchestral works and chamber music, often including the piano:.