Daniel Barenboim
Birthday: 1942-11-15
Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography: 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 Orchestra, a Seville-based orchestra of young Arab and Israeli musicians, and as a resolute critic of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. He has won seven Grammy awards for his work and discography. Barenboim is a polyglot, fluent in Spanish, Hebrew, English, French, Italian, and German. The music conductor is a citizenship of Argentina, Israel, Palestine, and Spain. Barenboim currently lives in Berlin.
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The Transformation of the World Into Music
This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It de...
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Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
Waltraud Meier is “La Wagnerissima”, the queen of Wagner’s repertoire. In her very personal account ...
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Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace
The child prodigy turns 60! At the tender age of 13, Anne-Sophie Mutter was discovered by star condu...
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Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen
What happens when famous directors stage an opera? Eckhart Schmidt shows successful and failed attem...
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Daniel Barenboim: In his Own Words
Legendary conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim speaks more candidly than he has ever done before a...
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Il Trovatore
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in this production of Verdi's opera starring Anna...
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New Year's Concert 2009
The ever popular New Year's Concert from Vienna returns in another sparkling performance, broadcast ...
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Dudamel: El sonido de los ninos
Hundreds of children and youth orchestras around the world are emerging musical inspired by the Vene...
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Barenboim on Beethoven: Nine Symphonies that Changed the World
This film gains a unique insight into the nine symphonies, as well as the musicians' views on the di...
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Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
This recording features the opening concert of the Salzburg Festival in 2010, in which the Festival ...
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Barenboim plays Mozart
The Grammy award-winning pianist Daniel Barenboim, long known for his Mozart interpretations, turns ...
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Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude
A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the S...
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Cecilia Bartoli & Friends
Portrait of an exceptional musical talent and one of opera’s biggest stars, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Ba...
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Daniel Barenboim, Sir Georg Solti, András Schiff - Mozart concertos for 2 & 3 pianos
Daniel Barenboim, Sir Georg Solti, András Schiff and the English Chamber Orchestra play Mozart's Pia...
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Daniel Barenboim conducts Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in concert in Berlin, Vienna, and New York. Also ...
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Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano
The music is not Beethoven's most familiar, but it is absolutely charming. The concerto is appealing...
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New Year's Concert 2014
Daniel Barenboim conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in the 2014 News Year's Concert, an annual celebr...
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Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen
Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 73 Johannes Brahm...
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Europakonzert 2014 from Berlin
Otto Nicolai: Overture to Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) Edward Elgar...
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Europakonzert 2010 from Oxford
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude to Act III Sir Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto...
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Europakonzert 2006 from Prague
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, K.385 “Haffner”; Horn concerto No. 1, K.412; Piano concerto No. 22, K.482; ...
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Europakonzert 2004 from Athens
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 15; Piano Quartet No. 1 arranged for orchestra by A. Schoenberg...
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Europakonzert 1992 from Madrid
Guiseppe Verdi: Overture from "La forza del destino" Carlo's recitative and aria from "Don Carlos" ...
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2018
The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...
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The Ghost
This performance in May 1970, at St. John’s Smith Square, was filmed before the onset of Jacqueline ...
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The Trout
Christopher Nupen's record of the concert given by five young musicians in the new Queen Elizabeth H...
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Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived Auschwitz, and of star conductor ...
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We Want the Light
The struggles of the world’s Jewish people over the course of several centuries are expressed and ex...
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The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow is a film which sets out to bring the viewer closer, not t...
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Mozart Last 8 Piano Concertos (Daniel Barenboim)
The Grammy award-winning pianist Daniel Barenboim, long known for his Mozart interpretations, turns ...
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Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas
In this recording, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles t...
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Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday Concert
With family and friends present, Daniel Barenboim celebrates his seventieth birthday in the company ...
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Barenboim The Warsaw Recital
Chopin Year 2010 coincides with the 60th anniversary of Daniel Barenboims stage début, and as a pian...
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Daniel Barenboim is an expert in exploiting the impact of cyclical performances of composers works: ...
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Bruckner Symphony No. 9
With nearly 450 years of tradition, the Staatskapelle Berlin is one of the oldest orchestras in the ...
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
The Süddeutsche Zeitung summed up this highly acclaimed performance of Bruckner's monumental Fifth S...
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The Art of Piano - Great Pianists of 20th Century
This is a film that encapsulates the essence of a great pianistic age that married virtuosity and mu...
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
Anton Bruckner’s 6th Symphony was written between 1879 and 1881: a very happy time in his life. Unli...
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
“Clarity was one thing that made this performance a marvel. Another was the flexibility of Barenboim...
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
In Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony, the listener encounters a music characterized by great spaciousnes...
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Beethoven Symphonies 1-9: Daniel Barenboim West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim directs his first Beethoven symphony cycle in London – and becomes the first conduc...
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Daniel Barenboim: Beethoven - Piano Concertos 1-5
If Daniel Barenboim is not the world's greatest living classical musician he is certainly the most v...
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Barenboim on Beethoven - The Complete Piano Sonatas Live from Berlin
In 2005, legendary pianist Daniel Barenboim performed the complete Beethoven piano sonatas over 8 co...
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Barenboim on Beethoven: Masterclass
Barenboim presents master classes with the world's most notable young pianists, where the legendary ...
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Choral Fantasy
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in performances of Beethoven's 'Triple Concert...
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Beethoven/Brahms - Violin Concertos (Perlman, Barenboim)
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Beethoven and Brahms Violin Concertos with the soloist Itzhak Perlman....
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Music and Power
Music is not "just" music. It can have immense power in good or evil. This documentary by Maria Stod...
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New Year's Eve Concert 2018 - Berlin Philharmonic
The conductor of this New Year’s Eve concert is Daniel Barenboim, one of the Berliner Philharmoniker...
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Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
Documentary filmmaker Makoto Sato offers this reflection on the life and career of Edward Said, the ...
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Beethoven privat
To mark Beethoven's 250th birthday, the documentary sheds light on the composer's private side, link...
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Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
Shot over a two-year period observing Abbado: a) Rossini, Overture to 'll Barbiere di Siviglia' b)...
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The Gambler
Conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the Staatskapelle Berlin performs THE GAMBLER, Prokofiev's moody, roi...
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert
Recorded live at the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, 26 December 2006...
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Sibelius - Violin Concerto / De Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Sibelius's solitary concerto is one of the most passionate tests for the violin virtuoso, one to whi...
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A Labyrinth of Time
Carefully composed portrait of prominent modern composer Elliott Carter (1908-1912). Scheffer depict...
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2001
The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music ...
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Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words
A tribute to Jacqueline du Pré to mark the thirtieth anniversary of her death thirty years ago, on 1...
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Pierre Boulez: Sur Incises
To celebrate the centenary of Pierre Boulez's birth, ARTE invites you to (re)watch an extract from t...
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Jenseits der Musik - Die Barenboim-Said Akademie
The Barenboim-Said Music Academy in Berlin is an experiment. Its main aim is to bring together young...
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Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
Yo-Yo Ma narrates a documentary about the remarkable cellist Jacqueline du Pré, whose life and caree...
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Chopin: The Warsaw Recital - Daniel Barenboim 2010
Chopin: The Warsaw Recital - Daniel Barenboim 2010...
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
A Verdi Requiem with a dream line-up of soloists and the forces of La Scala, Milan, directed by one ...
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Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim - Teatro Colòn
The programme includes Mozart, Schubert and Stravinsky....
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Daniel Barenboim & Sergiu Celibidache: Schumann, Piano Concerto / Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1
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Knowledge Is the Beginning
Knowledge is the Beginning is the story of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, where young Arabs and J...
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In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home
For Palestinian expatriate Edward Said, the return to his homeland amounted to a painful inquiry int...
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Double Concerto
Documentary film about Vladimir Ashkenazy's and Daniel Barenboim's 1966 performance of Mozart's Conc...
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Le West-Eastern Divan Orchestra joue Brahms Festival de Salzbourg 2021
Violinist Michael Barenboim and cellist Kian Soltani are the soloists at this year's concert of the ...
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Concerts Privés chez Martha Argerich et Daniel Barenboim
What if chamber music returned to the drawing rooms? This double programme reconnects with the origi...
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New Year's Concert 2022
Petroc Trelawny hosts the traditional start to the year with a concert live from the golden hall of ...
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Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in Buenos Aires - Great Moments of Music
A memorable event: Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in a piano duo in Buenos Aires! Together, th...
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Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim à Buenos Aires - Le Documentaire
Returning to the archives of this memorable recital, from which it presents numerous excerpts, this ...
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Parsifal
This dramatic production by the brilliant German stage director Harry Kupfer marked Daniel Barenboim...
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Tristan und Isolde
The Bayreuth Festival Opera House mounted this production of Richard Wagner's 1865 opera Tristan und...
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