Making UK Wagner opera debut, Barenboim to conduct Ring Cycle at 2013 BBC Proms
Daniel Barenboim will conduct the Staatskapelle Berlin in the first complete Wagner Ring Cycle at the BBC Proms this summer, marking the Maestro's Wagner opera debut in the United Kingdom. Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin...
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APRIL SOLO & COLLABORATIVE RECITALS
This month, Daniel Barenboim complements his orchestral and operatic performances with two unique performances in Berlin and Copenhagen. On April 12, mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená and Barenboim present a recital of art songs and...
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European premiere of "A Sunbeam's Architecture"
Yesterday Daniel Barenboim led the Staatskapelle Berlin and tenor Rolando Villazón in the European premiere of Elliott Carter's A Sunbeam's Architecture.
"I am thrilled that this cycle saw its successful European...
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Barenboim to lead European premiere of Carter's A Sunbeam's Architecture with Staatskapelle Berlin, Rolando Villazón
Next week Daniel Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in the European premiere of Elliott Carter's A Sunbeam's Architecture at Berlin's Konzerthaus (April 8) and Konzerthaus (April 9) with guest soloist Rolando Villazón. The...
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Barenboim to lead European premiere of Carter's A Sunbeam's Architecture with Staatskapelle Berlin, Rolando Villazón
Next week Daniel Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in the European premiere of Elliott Carter's A Sunbeam's Architecture at Berlin's Konzerthaus (April 8) and Konzerthaus (April 9) with guest soloist Rolando Villazón. The...
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Barenboim to lead European premiere of Carter's A Sunbeam's Architecture with Staatskapelle Berlin, Rolando Villazón
Next week Daniel Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in the European premiere of Elliott Carter's A Sunbeam's Architecture at Berlin's Konzerthaus (April 8) and Konzerthaus (April 9) with guest soloist Rolando Villazón. The...
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EASTER FESTTAGE IN BERLIN
As part of the Staatsoper im Schiller Theater's Festtage 2013, Barenboim will lead three unique programs at Berlin's Philharmonie this month. He conducts songs by Verdi and Luciano Berio with...
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Berlin Ring Cycle: Wagner 1813 | 2013
This Sunday, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatsoper im Schiller Theater present a new production of Wagner's Götterdammerung, the fourth and final installment of director Guy Cassier's Ring Cycle, which will be performed for the...
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Daniel Barenboim returns to Berlin for Staatskapelle concerts, art song recital
Daniel Barenboim - who was recently awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) by President Joachim Gauck - returns to the German capital this month for a series of concerts with the Staatskapelle Berlin and a...
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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra US Tour (Jan 23 - Feb 3) Includes Symphonies at Carnegie Hall; Boston Debut; Concerts at Columbia, Brown & Poisson Rouge; and Documentary at Symphony Space
This month Daniel Barenboim returns to the United States for a rare American appearance with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the ensemble that he founded in 1999 with the late Palestinian literary...
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WAGNER'S LOHENGRIN OPENS LA SCALA SEASON
On December 7, Teatro alla Scala Music Director Daniel Barenboim opens the Milan house’s 2012-2013 season with a new production of Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin. This new staging by Claus Guth boasts a stellar cast that includes...
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La musica è un tutto by Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim has published his latest book, La musica è un tutto: Etica ed estetica (Music as a Whole: Ethics and Aesthetics), reflections on making, reading, playing and listening to music: music that connects people,...
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Carter premiere, piano concerti, and leading conductors celebrate Daniel Barenboim’s 70th birthday
Daniel Barenboim will celebrate his 70th birthday with a series of concerts that include the Filarmonica della Scala, the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Wiener Philharmoniker, and musical colleagues from throughout his career. The...
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Siegfried at the Teatro alla Scala
Daniel Barenboim continues his season-long celebration of Wagner's bicentennary, conducting Siegfried at the Teatro alla Scala through November 18. Wagner figures prominently in the maestro's Milan performances. At...
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Complete Beethoven for All Recordings Available from October 15
Beginning October 15, Beethoven for All – Daniel Barenboim's recording of complete cycles of the composer's symphonies with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the piano concertos with the Staatskapelle Berlin, and the...
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Daniel Barenboim honored with ECHO Klassik Lifetime Achievement Award
Daniel Barenboim has been honored with the ECHO Klassik Lifetime Achievement Award, bestowed by the German Recording Academy, the cultural body of the Federal Music Industry Association.
"Daniel Barenboim is without a...
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BARENBOIM BEGINS SEASON-LONG CELEBRATION OF WAGNER'S BICENTENNIAL WITH PERFORMANCES AT STAATSOPER BERLIN, TEATRO ALLA SCALA
This October, Daniel Barenboim will conduct Wagner's Die Walküre and Siegfried at the Staatsoper Berlin, kicking off a season-long celebration of the master opera composer's bicentennary at the German house. On October 3, 6, and...
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Jonas Kaufmann joins Barenboim for Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin
German tenor Jonas Kaufmann will join Daniel Barenboim at Berlin’s Philharmonie on September 30 for a performance of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin. The classic song cycle depicts the unrequited love of a wandering miller, with...
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Staatskapelle Berlin Music Director opens 2012 – 2013 with Bruch, Carter, Bruckner
On September 16 and 18, Music Director Daniel Barenboim leads Staatskapelle Berlin in its season opening concerts at the Philharmonie Berlin. Now in his twentieth year as head of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and its orchestra,...
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Barenboim leads the Teatro alla Scala on tour in Europe & Russia
This month, house Music Director Daniel Barenboim takes the Teatro alla Scala on tour across Europe and to Moscow for performances at the historic Bolshoi Theatre.
The maestro leads the Filarmonica e Coro della Scala and a...
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Barenboim explores Schubert’s piano works in Salzburg and Dubrovnik
This week Daniel Barenboim explores the music of Franz Schubert in recitals at the Salzburg Festival and the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. The maestro returns to Salzburg for three all-Schubert programs. On August 15, he performs...
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Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra embark on “Beethoven for All” Summer Tour
Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra – the much-lauded ensemble of young Arab and Israeli musicians that Barenboim co-founded in 1999 with the late Palestinian-born literary scholar Edward...
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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra to Honor Pope’s Saint Day with Private Concert
At the personal invitation of Pope Benedict XVI, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra will give a private concert before the Holy Father on July 11 to mark the Pontiff’s Saint Day. The concert will take place in...
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Staatskapelle Berlin summer concerts
Currently conducting Don Giovanni at the Staatsoper Berlin’s Schiller Theater through July 6, Daniel Barenboim will lead the Staatskapelle Berlin in two Berlin concerts that showcase the music of Tchaikovsky and Brahms, performed...
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Barenboim conducts Don Giovanni at Staatsoper Berlin beginning June 24
From June 24 to July 6, Daniel Barenboim conducts five sold-out performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Staatsoper Berlin's Schiller Theater in a production by Claus Guth. Christopher Maltman portrays the...
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Beethoven for All
"Beethoven's music is universal... Everywhere in the world - it speaks to all people." - Daniel Barenboim
Beginning this month, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra release Beethoven for...
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Staatskapelle tour to include Bruckner symphony cycle and Musikverein residency
Beginning June 3, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin explore the music of Bruckner and Mozart on tour in Germany and Austria, including a ten-day residency at Vienna's Musikverein. They begin their performances with...
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Simon Boccanegra, starring Plácido Domingo, at Staatsoper Berlin
Beginning May 26, Daniel Barenboim leads three performances of Giuseppe Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, starring the legendary Plácido Domingo in the title role. Verdi's opera follows the life of Simon Boccanegra, an imperfect yet...
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Schoenberg and Debussy comprise Barenboim's Vienna Philharmonic concerts
As Daniel Barenboim performs Mozart’s music with the Vienna Philharmonic on tour and at home in the Austrian capital, the maestro looks ahead to two performances with the Philharmonic that juxtapose Claude Debussy’s music...
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Pope Benedict XVI to attend concert at the Teatro alla Scala
On June 1 Daniel Barenboim will conduct Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope is known for his fondness of music, and this performance will be...
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Barenboim conducts Mozart with Vienna Philharmonic
Beginning May 13, Daniel Barenboim leads the Vienna Philharmonic in concerts that explore the music of Mozart. He begins this orchestral series with a program of Mozart’s last three symphonies, K543, K550, and K551 in Vienna (May...
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Katara Festival for Music and Dialogue cancelled - “Current political developments across the Arab region” cited as reason
Berlin, April 25, 2012 – Katara Cultural Village, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra's partner in the organization of the “Festival for Music and Dialogue” in Doha, announced today that much to their regret they have decided to...
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Anna Netrebko & Daniel Barenboim to perform Russian art songs at Vienna's Musikverein
On May 6, Daniel Barenboim and Russian soprano Anna Netrebko take the stage of Vienna's Musikverein for a sold-out recital of works by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. Their program features less-explored repertoire by the two...
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Barenboim and Staatskapelle Berlin tour London & Paris
This April, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin travel to London and Paris for a concert tour that includes Bruckner's last three symphonies as well as two Mozart concerti, featuring the maestro as conductor and...
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Barenboim's FESTTAGE 2012 performances showcase roles as conductor and pianist
As part of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's FESTTAGE 2012, Daniel Barenboim leads a series of performances in Berlin that showcase his musical life as both a conductor and a pianist. On April 5, Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle...
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Barenboim conducts Lulu at Staatsoper Berlin
From March 31 to April 14, Daniel Barenboim leads performances of Alban Berg's Lulu as part of the Staatsoper Berlin's FESTTAGE 2012. Following the acclaimed production of Wozzeck by Andrea Breth, the German director returns to...
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New release: Bruckner's 7th Symphony with the Staatskapelle Berlin
This March sees the international release of Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin's latest album, a live recording at the Philharmonie Berlin of Bruckner's 7th Symphony. Barenboim's latest disc captures a gripping...
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This month, three Wagner Operas at the Staatsoper Berlin
Over the course of three weeks, Daniel Barenboim leads performances of three Wagner operas at the Staatsoper Berlin: Tristan und Isolde (March 10, 18, 25), Das Rheingold (March 30), and Die...
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Brahms, Berg, and Strauss feature in Barenboim’s Staatskapelle Berlin concerts March 6 & 7
Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin will perform the music of Brahms, Berg, and Strauss on March 6 at Berlin’s Philharmonie and on March 7 at Berlin’s Konzerthaus. The Austro-German program opens with Brahms’s Piano...
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Barenboim, Anna Netrebko, and Staatskapelle Berlin to give Staatsoper benefit concert at Berlin's Philharmonie
On Wednesday February 29, Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in a special benefit concert that supports the major renovation of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden theater. This exceptional musical event will take...
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Barenboim, Anna Netrebko, and Staatskapelle Berlin to give Staatsoper benefit concert at Berlin's Philharmonie (copy 1)
On Wednesday February 29, Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in a special benefit concert that supports the major renovation of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden theater. This exceptional musical event will take...
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Barenboim to give Schubert recital at the Staatsoper im Schiller Theater February 19
On February 19, Daniel Barenboim gives a matinee piano recital dedicated to the piano music of Franz Schubert at the Staatsoper im Schiller Theater. Barenboim will perform the Sonata in G Major D 894 op. 78 and the Sonata in C...
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This February, Barenboim leads Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at the Staatsoper Berlin
After touring with both the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Filarmonica della Scala in January and early February, Daniel Barenboim returns to the Staatsoper Berlin, where he has served as General Music Director since 1992....
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Vienna Philharmonic and Barenboim to perform together at Salzburg’s annual Mozart Week
On February 4, Daniel Barenboim joins the Vienna Philharmonic for anexceptional concert in Salzburg at the Grosses Festspielhaus. The performance is part of the annual Salzburg Mozart Week presented by the International Mozarteum...
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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Barenboim launch 2012 “Beethoven for All” tour in Munich this July
On July 10, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra make their Munich debut as they perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” and Symphony No. 7 at Munich’s Philharmonie. The Bavarian capital is the first stop...
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Barenboim leads Filarmonica della Scala in concerts in Paris, Frankfurt, and Milan this January
Daniel Barenboim, who recently began his tenure as Music Director of the Teatro alla Scala, leads the Filarmonica della Scala in concerts highlighting the music of Maurice Ravel this January both at home in Milan and on tour in...
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Barenboim heralds the New Year with the Staatskappelle Berlin
After Daniel Barenboim completes his run of Don Giovanni at La Scala – his first as Music Director of the house – he heralds the New Year with two performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Staatskappelle Berlin on...
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Barenboim’s first performance as Music Director of La Scala in live worldwide moviecast
Next Wednesday, in his new role as Music Director of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim leads the house’s orchestra, chorus, and an all-star cast in a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. This new staging by...
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Barenboim leads La Scala Orchestra and Chorus in performances of Beethoven symphonies and Schönberg works
As Daniel Barenboim launches his tenure as Music Director of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala with a production of Don Giovanni, he also highlights the talents of the house’s resident chorus and orchestra by conducting works by...
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Barenboim leads several symphonic performances at La Scala this November
Daniel Barenboim leads his first symphonic performance of the season at the legendary Teatro alla Scala, where he was recently named Music Director, on November 3. For the concert, Barenboim conducts the Sinfonico del Teatro alla...
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Barenboim Opens La Scala Season This December with Don Giovanni
Daniel Barenboim begins his five-year tenure as Music Director of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala by presiding over a new, season-opening production of Mozart’s masterpiece, Don Giovanni. In keeping with tradition, the season opens...
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Wozzeck opens in Berlin with Barenboim conducting critically acclaimed revival
Daniel Barenboim leads the Berlin Staatsoper in three performances of Alban Berg’s 20th century masterpiece, Wozzeck, beginning on October 26 at the Schiller Theater. The production by Andrea Breth, which debuted in April 2011 to...
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Deutsche Grammophon releases new album of Liszt piano concertos with Barenboim:
Honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of Franz Liszt, Deutsche Grammophon is releasing a new album featuring Daniel Barenboim playing both of Liszt’s daunting piano concertos with the Berlin Staatskapelle. The...
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Barenboim named Music Director of La Scala
Milan's Teatro alla Scala announced today that Daniel Barenboim will become its next Music Director, beginning a five-year term effective December 1, 2011. Since 2006, Barenboim has served as Principal...
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Kaufmann and Röschmann kick off Staatsoper’s 2011-12 Barenboim Cycle
This season’s Barenboim Cycle examines the piano and vocal works Franz Liszt and Franz Schubert in five concerts, all featuring Barenboim at the piano. The series kicks off on October 7 with an evening of music by Franz Liszt at...
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Sign up to receive a free download from new Beethoven Symphonies recording
Over the summer, as part of their “Beethoven for All” tour, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra performed and recorded the complete Beethoven Symphonies at Cologne’s Philharmonie. While the Decca Classics...
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Barenboim opens Berlin Staatsoper season with “Barbiere,” his first Rossini opera
On October 4 Daniel Barenboim opens the Berlin Staatsoper’s 2011-12 season, his 19th as Music Director, conducting the first Rossini opera of his career: Il Barbiere di Siviglia. The gala evening at the Schiller Theater, the...
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Five-concert “Barenboim Cycle” examines Schubert and Liszt
Collaborating with such esteemed artists as Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann and Thomas Quasthoff, this season Daniel Barenboim celebrates the dual anniversaries of Franz Liszt and Franz Schubert in a five-concert series at...
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Barenboim conducts Beethoven with WEDO at Berlin’s famous Waldbühne
Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra continue their “Beethoven for All” world tour with a spectacular outdoor concert at Berlin’s renowned Waldbühne on August 21. For this performance in front of tens-of-thousands...
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Barenboim’s 2011/12 Berlin Staatsoper season features opera’s biggest stars in thrilling new productions and beloved revivals
The 2011/2012 Berlin Staatsoper season, its second at the Schiller Theater while the company’s home on the historic Unter den Linden is being renovated, will feature eight new productions on the main stage as well as six...
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Barenboim takes West-Eastern Divan Orchestra on its first tour of Asia
Following concerts with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Seville and Madrid, Daniel Barenboim will lead the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in its debut concerts on the Asian continent as part of their “Beethoven for All” tour....
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Barenboim leads panel on Arab Spring at conclusion of 2011 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra workshop
SEVILLE, Spain—As the 2011 workshop of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra drew to a close, the musicians attended a symposium on “The Arab Spring – Its Meaning and Future." The panellists – Egyptian journalist...
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Barenboim conducts Beethoven with WEDO at Berlin’s Waldbühne
On August 21 Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra will perform a special concert at Berlin’s famous outdoor amphitheater, the Waldbühne, as part of their “Beethoven for All” world tour. For this concert in...
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Next week Barenboim performs five Beethoven concertos with the IPO and Mehta
Next week Daniel Barenboim returns to Israel to perform a complete cycle of the Beethoven piano concertos in two concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of his life-long friend, conductor Zubin Mehta....
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Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in its Festival of Contemporary Music and in concerts in Spain
Following the Berlin Staatsoper’s annual "Staatsoper für Alle" concert in Berlin’s Bebelplatz, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin turn their focus to 20th-century composers for the venerable...
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Barenboim and WEDO embark on Beethoven project, including tour and recording
This summer Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra embark on an ambitious project exploring the music of Beethoven, including a tour of Europe and Asia during which the orchestra and conductor will perform several...
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Barenboim returns to Israel to perform five Beethoven piano concertos
This July Daniel Barenboim joins his longtime friend and colleague, the conductor Zubin Mehta, and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to perform a complete cycle of the Beethoven piano concertos. For the first performance on...
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Barenboim conducts annual Staatsoper für Alle concert in Berlin on June 26
For this year’s annual Staatsoper für Alle concert, a free outdoor performance in Berlin’s Bebelplatz, Daniel Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in two beloved works by Beethoven. The gifted young pianist Yuja Wang...
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Wigmore Hall welcomes back Barenboim for solo recital
As part of Wigmore Hall’s 110th anniversary celebrations, Daniel Barenboim, who debuted there at the tender age of 15, will return to London for an already sold-out solo recital at the venerable hall on June 15. Renowned...
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Barenboim plays Beethoven with the Vienna Philharmonic on tour
Daniel Barenboim is the piano soloist for the Vienna Philharmonic's upcoming tour of Europe. Following two performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Zubin Mehta at the orchestra's home, Vienna's venerable...
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Barenboim plays both Liszt piano concertos with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and on tour with the Staatskapelle Berlin
For his upcoming performances with Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim takes on the extraordinary challenge of playing both of Franz Liszt's virtuosic piano...
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Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Doha Festival for Music and Dialogue
5 May 2011Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra arrived in Doha, Qatar this week to prepare for a series of concerts and events as part of the Doha Festival for Music and Dialogue. First on their schedule today was an...
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Daniel Barenboim and the 'Orchestra for Gaza' to perform in Gaza
2 May 2011Maestro Daniel Barenboim, UN Messenger of Peace, will conduct the ‘Orchestra for Gaza’ consisting of distinguished musicians from Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, and Orchestra...
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Daniel Barenboim performs at London's Tate Modern Gallery
7 April 2011On April 8, 2011 at 21:00h, Daniel Barenboim and members of the Staatskapelle Berlin will give a unique one-off concert at London's Tate Modern Gallery. They will perform an all-Chopin programme on the Turbine Hall...
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Staatsoper Festtage begin April 16
9 April 2011On April 16, the Festtage of the Staatsoper Berlin will begin with a new production of Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck, directed by Andrea Breth. Daniel Barenboim leads a cast including Roman Trekel in his role debut as Wozzeck, Nadja...
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Benefit Concert for Unicef Japan
25 March 2011On March 29th, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Staatskapelle Berlin will give a special benefit concert with Simon Rattle and Daniel Barenboim to benefit Unicef in Japan. For tickets and program information click here.
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Bartok, Kurtag, and Brahms
27 March 2011On March 28th and 31st, Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin perform works by Bartok, Kurtag, and Brahms in the Konzerthaus and the Philharmonie Berlin as part of their subscription season. For exact programs and tickets please...
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Barenboim Cycle at the Staatsoper
26 March 2011On March 27th at 11:00, the "Barenboim Cycle" at the Staatsoper in the Schiller Theater continues with an all-Brahms program, the Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat, The Cello Sonata in F-Major and the Clarinet Trio op. 114....
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Otto-Hahn Peace Medal
25 March 2011On March 22nd, Daniel Barenboim was awarded the Otto-Hahn Peace Medal at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin.The prize was awarded by André Schmitz and the laudatio was held by Rolf Verleger.
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Beethoven and Schönberg in Vienna
16 March 2011This weekend, Barenboim returns to the Vienna Philharmonic, where he has been a regular guest conductor for the past several decades, to play Beethoven's First Piano Concerto (conducting as usual from the piano bench) and...
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Benefit Concert for the Historic Staatsoper Building
7 March 2011On Tuesday, March 15th, Simon Rattle, Daniel Barenboim, Violeta Urmana, Lioba Brown, Robert Dean Smith, Franz Josef Selig and the Staatskapelle Berlin join forces to raise money for the continuing restoration of the historic...
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Legion of Honor Prize
25 February 2011On Monday, February 28th, Daniel Barenboim will receive the second highest order of the Legion of Honor, the Grand Officer (Grand Officier). The award will be conferred in the Élysée Palace by President Nicolas Sarkozy...
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Barenboim receives Dresden Peace Prize
14 February 2011Yesterday, February 13th, Daniel Barenboim was awarded the Dresden Peace Prize, which is given in recognition of attempts at preventing or defusing conflicts between states or peoples. This year's prize was given for...
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Liszt and Schubert piano works
14 February 2011On February 15th, Daniel Barenboim sets out on an extensive tour performing both piano concertos by Franz Liszt and a handful of all-Schubert recitals. After five concerts this week in Spain, he will appear at the second...
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Tour to United Arab Emirates, Vienna and Paris
24 January 2011Following this week's concerts in Berlin, Daniel Barenboim takes to the road with the Staatskapelle Berlin and Yefim Bronfman, who will be performing all three Bartok piano concertos with the orchestra....
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Bartok and Tchaikovsky
23 January 2011On January 24th and 25th, Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin are joined by pianist Yefim Bronfman for Bartok's Second Piano Concerto in the Konzerthaus and Philharmonie Berlin. Bartok shares the stage on these evenings...
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Recital with Magdalena Kozena
23 January 2011This Sunday, Barenboim continues the "Barenboim cycle" at the Staatsoper Berlin (now located in the Schiller Theater) with celebrated mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená. The program includes works by Ravel,...
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New Year's Concerts in Berlin
29 December 2010At the end of a long month that began with the triumphant premiere of Die Walküre in Milan, Daniel Barenboim returns to Berlin for his traditional end- and beginning-of-year performances of Beethoven's Ninth...
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Die Walküre in Milan and in cinemas worldwide
1 December 2010Daniel Barenboim will conduct the season opener at the Teatro alla Scala on December 7th, a premiere of Guy Cassier's production of Die Walküre in continuation of the theater's cooperation with the German State Opera in...
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Concerts with Filarmonica della Scala
20 November 2010This week, Daniel Barenboim appears as conductor and soloist with the Filarmonica della Scala. The program includes the choral works Gesang der Geister über den Wassern by Schubert for male choir and strings and Bruckner's...
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Fundraiser for Teatro La Fenice
11 November 2010On November 14th, Daniel Barenboim will play an all-Schubert program at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice to raise funds for the theater's foundation. Afterwards, he returns to Milan for rehearsals with the Filarmonica...
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West-Eastern Divan members at the Louvre
8 November 2010Today Daniel Barenboim performs with selected members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a chamber music evening at the Louvre. He is joined by his long-time friend, stage director Patrice Chéreau, who will narrate...
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Schubert and Schumann
1 November 2010The coming week brings more Schubert and Schumann to Daniel Barenboim's performance schedule as 2010 comes to an end. On November 4th and 5th he will appear in Baden-Baden and Basel with an all-Schubert recital program, and...
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Westphalian Peace Prize
25 October 2010Daniel Barenboim and the musicians of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are the recipients of this year's Westphalian Peace Prize. The prize, which is given every two years, carries an award of 50,000 Euros and is given to...
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Wagner and Judaism
16 October 2010On Sunday, Barenboim undertakes the first opera of his second Ring cycle in Berlin and his first with the Staatsoper in the Schiller Theater. Today and tomorrow, Barenboim and a small group of...
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Mozart and Joneleit: Staatskapelle Subscription Concerts
18 October 2010The Staatskapelle Berlin opened its opera season with a premiere by Berlin composer Jens Joneleit, and on its second subscription concert program, it will perform a further world premiere by the same composer, commissioned and...
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Berliner Rheingold Premiere
7 October 2010October 17th marks the beginning of the Staatsoper Berlin's first Ring cycle at its temporary home, the Schiller Theater in former West Berlin. Guy Cassier's production of Das Rheingold with choreography by Sidi Larbi...
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Metanoia Premiere at the Schiller Theater
28 September 2010On October 3rd, the Schiller Theater opens its doors to opera audiences for the first time as Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle and Staatsopernchor Berlin in a world premiere by Jens Joneleit, Metanoia. The opera was to have been...
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All-Boulez Program with the Staatskapelle Berlin
16 SeptemberThe opening concerts of the Staatskapelle Berlin's 2010/2011 season are anything but conventional: Barenboim will conduct a full program consisting entirely of the works of his long-time friend and colleague Pierre...
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Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival
8 September 2010This Saturday, September 11th, Barenboim will perform in the final concert of the Jerusalem Festival, which is directed by his wife, pianist Elena Bashkirova. The program includes two works by Pierre Boulez, Beethoven's Ghost...
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