Daniel Barenboim
Israeli Argentine-born pianist and conductor (born 1942)
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Daniel Barenboim is an Israeli-Argentine pianist and conductor born in 1942 who has become one of the most prominent classical music figures of his generation. He matters because of his influential career performing and conducting major orchestras and opera companies around the world, as well as his work promoting classical music and cross-cultural dialogue through music.
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- 1942-11-15
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Daniel Barenboim is an Argentine-Israeli pianist and conductor who is a citizen of Argentina, Israel, Palestine, and Spain. He is the general music director of the Berlin State Opera, and the Staatskapelle Berlin; he previously served as Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and La Scala in Milan. Barenboim is known for his work with the West–Eastern Divan…
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- Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy — Self2025
- Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in Buenos Aires - Great Moments of Music2025
- Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim à Buenos Aires - Le Documentaire2025
- The Legacy of Sergiu Celibidache with Münchner Philharmoniker — Pianist2024
- Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace — Self2023
- Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz — Self2022
- New Year's Concert 2022 — Conductor2022
- The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim & Lang Lang: De Falla and Ravel2022
- Daniel Barenboim: In his Own Words — Self
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Daniel Moses Barenboim (Hebrew: דניאל בארנבוים, Arabic: دانيال بارنبويم; born 15 November 1942) is an Argentinian-born classical pianist and conductor with Spanish, Israeli and Palestinian citizenship. From 1992 until January 2023, Barenboim was the general music director of the Berlin State Opera and "Staatskapellmeister" of its orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin.
Barenboim previously served as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and La Scala in Milan, and he is also the founder, along with Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Barenboim has received many awards and prizes, including seven Grammy awards, an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, France's Legion of Honour as a Commander, Grand Officier and Grand Cross, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Spain's Prince of Asturias Concord Award.
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