Back Daniel Barenboim Afrikaans دانييل بارينبويم Arabic دانييل بارينبويم ARZ Даніель Барэнбойм Byelorussian Даниел Баренбойм Bulgarian Daniel Barenboim Catalan Daniel Barenboim Czech Daniel Barenboim Danish Daniel Barenboim German Ντάνιελ Μπάρενμποϊμ Greek
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 Barenboim receiving the 2019 Konrad Adenauer Prize from the City of Cologne | |
| Born | Daniel Moses Barenboim 15 November 1942 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Years active | 1952–present |
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| Children | 2 |
| Website | danielbarenboim.com |
Daniel Moses[2] Barenboim (Hebrew: דניאל בארנבוים; born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-Israeli classical pianist and conductor based in Berlin, who also has Spanish and Palestinian citizenship.[3] From 1992 until January 2023, Barenboim was the general music director of the Berlin State Opera and "Staatskapellmeister" of its orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin.[4]
Barenboim previously served as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and La Scala in Milan.[5] 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.[6]
Barenboim has received many awards and prizes, including seven Grammy awards, an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire,[7] France's Legion of Honour as a Commander, Grand Officier and Grand Cross, and the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2002, along with Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, he was given Spain's Prince of Asturias Concord Award. Barenboim is multilingual, fluent in English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, and Spanish.
- ^ "Daniel Barenboim: In the Beginning Was Sound". The Reith Lectures. 7 April 2006. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Die Akte Barenboim." In: Jörg Thadeusz/Stefan Frohloff: "Wie riecht die Queen?" Die fiesen Sieben und andere kühne Fragen, Köln 2015, p. 21
- ^ "60 Years: Daniel Barenboim on Israel". Daniel Barenboim. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Barenboim to leave La Scala opera". BBC News. 29 October 2013.
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