When Claudio Abbado, the revered Italian conductor who died Monday, turned 80 last summer, record companies celebrated with several super-sized box sets of his recordings and videos. It’s not hard to ...

Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini – two great veterans of the Italian classical music world – have each been honoured at the Royal Philharmonic Society awards. Pollini won his award for the Pollini ...

Los Angeles Times Friday May 10, 2002 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 A2 Desk 1 inches; 20 words Type of Material: Correction Music title-In a review of classical music albums in the May 5 Sunday ...

ROME, Italy — Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, a virtuoso of Chopin and Beethoven who enjoyed a decades-long collaboration with La Scala, died Saturday age 82, the Milan opera house announced. He had ...

“I admired Maurizio Pollini a lot,” said Licad who received a double standing ovation at the Met with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) under Polish maestro Grzegorz Nowak. Both Pollini and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pianist Maurizio Pollini performs at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2001. (Robert Mecea / Associated Press) In 1960, an 18-year-old ...

Scotto/Horne/Pavarotti/Ghiaurov/RAI Orchestra Rome, 1977 An extraordinary quartet of soloists for this early example of Abbado's greatness in Verdi. Vienna ...

Conductor Claudio Abbado and pianist Maurizio Pollini were among the winners at this year's Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Awards. Abbado was presented with the conductor prize for his ...

Maurizio Pollini, a Grammy-winning Italian pianist, known for his performances at La Scala opera house in Milan, has died at the age of 82. Pollini had previously faced heart problems, forcing him to ...

ROME (AP) — Maurizio Pollini, a Grammy-winning Italian pianist who performed frequently at La Scala opera house in Milan, has died. He was 82. Pollini died on Saturday, La Scala said in a statement.