Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim
Barenboim receiving the 2019 Konrad Adenauer Prize from the City of Cologne
Born (1942-11-15) 15 November 1942 (age 81)
Nationality
  • Argentina
  • Spain
  • Israel
  • Palestine
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • conductor
Years active1952–present
Spouses
(m. 1967; died 1987)
(m. 1988)
Children2
Websitedanielbarenboim.com

Daniel Barenboim (Hebrew: דניאל בארנבוים; born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-born classical pianist and conductor based in Berlin. From 1992 until January 2023, Barenboim was the general music director of the Berlin State Opera and "Staatskapellmeister" of its orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin.[2]

Barenboim previously served as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and La Scala in Milan.[3] Barenboim is known for his work with the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, a Seville-based orchestra of young Arab and Israeli musicians, and as a resolute critic of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.[4]

Barenboim has received many awards and prizes, including seven Grammy awards, an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire,[5] France's Legion of Honour as a Commander, Grand Officier and Grand Cross, and the German Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband. In 2002, along with Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, he was given Spain's Prince of Asturias Concord Award. Barenboim is multilingual, fluent in Spanish, Hebrew, English, French, Italian, and German.

  1. ^ "Daniel Barenboim: In the Beginning Was Sound". The Reith Lectures. 7 April 2006. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ Hernández, Javier C; Marshall, Alex (6 January 2023). "Daniel Barenboim, Titan of Conducting, to Step Down in Berlin". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Barenboim to leave La Scala opera". BBC News. 29 October 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference haaretz.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Conductor Daniel Barenboim receives honorary knighthood". BBC News. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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