Barenboim, Daniel
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Barenboim, Daniel (
b Buenos Aires, 1942). Israeli pianist and conductor. Taught pf. by his mother, then his father. Début Buenos Aires 1949. Family moved to Israel 1952. Début as conc. soloist, Paris 1955. Brit. début, Bournemouth 1955, London Jan. 1956, and NY 1957. Has several times given recital series of all Beethoven pf. sonatas (Israel, S. Amer. 1960, London 1967, 1970, NY 1970). Cond. début in Israel 1962. Salzburg Fest. début (as pianist) 1965 (Mozart conc. K491, Vienna PO cond. Mehta); (as cond.) 1990 (Berlin PO). Worked as cond.-soloist with ECO 1965 and cond. New Philharmonia Orch. 1967, Hallé and LSO (US tour) 1968, Berlin Phil. Orch. 1969, NYPO 1970. Mus. dir. Orchestre de Paris 1975–88, Chicago SO from 1991. Cond., Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin, from 1992 (début
Parsifal). Début in opera, Edinburgh Fest. 1973 (
Don Giovanni). Cond.
Tristan und Isolde, Bayreuth, 1981,
Der Ring des Nibelungen, 1988. Married cellist Jacqueline
du Pré, 1967, and settled in Eng., pursuing highly successful career both as pianist and cond. Acc. Janet Baker and Fischer-Dieskau in recitals and chamber-mus. player with Zukerman, Perlman, and (until 1976) Piatigorsky. Awarded Bruckner Medal. Autobiography,
A Life in Music (1991).
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Daniel Barenboim ends tenure at Chicago Symphony Orchestra
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/18/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Dateline: CHICAGO Conductor Daniel Barenboim ended his reign as music director...Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Barenboim began threading his way between...the era of the orchestra under Daniel Barenboim." "He's such a humanitarian...
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BROWN UNIVERSITY TO HOST DANIEL BARENBOIM, WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA. DEC. 14-16
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/27/2006; 700+ words
; ...conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim and the young musicians...only) * 8 p.m. - Daniel Barenboim works with...Conversation with Daniel Barenboim and musicians, Sayles...only) * 8 p.m. - Barenboim leads special performance...
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Daniel Barenboim to Receive Israeli Award
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/17/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Dateline: JERUSALEM A portrait of Daniel Barenboim, chief conductor of the German...April 9, 2001. Star conductor Barenboim threatened in statements released...Roberto Pfeil) The conductor Daniel Barenboim will receive Israel's prestigious...
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Conductor Daniel Barenboim Ends Reign
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/19/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...CHICAGO Conductor Daniel Barenboim has ended his 15-year...notes of farewell. Barenboim's departure Saturday...the orchestra under Daniel Barenboim." "He...that what's Daniel Barenboim has always been about...
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Daniel Barenboim at Carnegie Hall
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/15/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Symphony Orchestra music director Daniel Barenboim, and the phrase that he returns...demonstration of the range of Barenboim's musical appetites than his...Monday night at Carnegie Hall, Barenboim played the fiendishly difficult...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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The paradox of the peacemaker; Daniel Barenboim's campaigning for peace in the Middle East has won him respect - but the conductor and pianist is suffering setbacks on the musical front.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 11/6/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...pianist-turned-conductor and peace campaigner Daniel Barenboim.Publicly, Barenboim is a paragon of liberal enlightenment. He has...awarded him Spanish citizenship last month, Barenboim insisted that he would continue to travel the...
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Grace Under Pressure, Daniel Barenboim // CSO Music Director Still Upbeat
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/27/1994; ; 700+ words
; Nobody can deny that Daniel Barenboim, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra...blackout in Orchestra Hall forced Barenboim and the CSO to stop playing in the...centennial concert. Georg Solti, Barenboim's predecessor as music director...
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Daniel Barenboim silences his critics // CSO designate proves he's in charge
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/25/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...With five weeks of appearances, Daniel Barenboim has completed his first season...trustees disapprove of the way the Barenboim appointment was made. It demonstrated...disapprove of the manner in which Barenboim was selected does not mean that...
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Daniel Barenboim to receive Israeli award after apology for performing Wagner in Israel
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/16/2003; ; 645 words
; ...JERUSALEM Conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim will receive Israel's prestigious...Minister Limor Livnat had demanded Barenboim apologize publicly for defying...interview Tuesday with Israel Radio, Barenboim said he had no regrets about playing...
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World class musical chairs // Conductor Daniel Barenboim, the designated heir to Sir Georg Solti, is a survivor in the tough, political world of big-time classical music
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/10/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...So many jobs, so few men. Daniel Barenboim is one of the few. The conductor...He's a nonentity." Daniel Barenboim's tale tells quite a bit about...in hand, to lead Symphony B. Barenboim, the 46-year-old Israeli...
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Daniel Barenboim
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Daniel Barenboim Daniel Barenboim (born 1942) was an Israeli pianist and conductor. After receiving...Maturing Art, " for the Saturday Review (September, 1980). "Daniel Barenboim, piano, " by H. Goldsmith, may be found in HiFi/MusAm...
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Barenboim, Daniel
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Daniel Barenboim Pianist, conductor For the Record...and always a perfectionist, Daniel Barenboim has graced the concert stages of Europe...pianist and as a respected conductor. Barenboim, an Israeli musician born in Argentina...
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Bartoli, Cecilia
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
...before the concert could take place), and Daniel Barenboim saw her performing in a tribute to Maria...on French television. The meeting with Barenboim led to an important collaboration with Barenboim and the conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt...
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
...Georg Solti (1969 – 1991), and Daniel Barenboim (1991 – ). Principal guest conductors...reputation. In 1991 pianist/conductor Barenboim took over as music director. Barenboim deepened the orchestra's repertoire and...
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Zukerman, Pinchas
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...87; toured with Isaac Stern; mem. trio with Daniel Barenboim and Jacqueline du Pre; recording artist with CBS...English Chamber Orchestra directed by Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim. Encouraged by members of the orchestra, Zukerman...
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