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The Column: The Crisis of the United States of America's Classical Recording Scene
RIP: Senator Claudio Abbado, Decca/DG's Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (1933-2014)
Italian conductor Claudio Abbado--music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic--is dead at age 80. Gergiev, Nelsons, Gilbert or Alsop...Who is the World’s Busiest Conductor?
Some interesting statistics, yes, from the U.K.-based music website Bachtrack. Every year, they compile the stats from the events they have listed, and the list for 2013 has Valery Gergiev as the world's busiest conductor. Andris Nelsons comes second.
