What is Marcello Abbado?
[[File:Marcelloabbado.jpg|right|200px]] '''Marcello Abbado''' (October 7, 1926 – June 4, 2020) was an Italian [[composer]] and [[pianist]]. He was born in [[Milan]]. His works were [[orchestra]]l, two [[ballet]]<nowiki/>s, many pieces for solo [[piano]], and a number of [[chamber music|chamber works]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.salottovalperga.com/en/mozart-competition/jury/305-marcello-abbado|title=Marcello Abbado|last=Administrator|website=www.salottovalperga.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-07-13|archive-date=2013-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608095457/http://www.salottovalperga.com/en/mozart-competition/jury/305-marcello-abbado|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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]]. Abbado died on June 4, 2020 in [[Stresa]], Italy at the age of 93.<ref>[https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/2020/06/04/marcello-abbado-morto Addio al maestro Marcello Abbado] {{in lang|it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbado, Marcello}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century Italian composers]] [[Category:Italian pianists]] [[Category:Musicians from Milan]] {{bio-stub}}