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Tour of Europe: Barenboim leads West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in August
This August, co-founder Daniel Barenboim reunites with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra for a seven-city tour across Europe. Barenboim and the orchestra are joined by featured soloists Elsa Dreisig (soprano) and Lisa Batiashvili…
Festival Barenboim at Teatro Colón
Daniel Barenboim returns to his native Argentina for Festival Barenboim, a nine-performance residency at Buenos Aires's Teatro Colón. For the first time ever, General Music Director Barenboim brings a Staatsoper Berlin opera…
Daniel Barenboim addresses European Parliament
Watch and listen to Daniel Barenboim's address to European Parliament in June 2018. "As a musician I have spent my life getting to know other cultures through art and music," he says.…
A 20-year celebration of the Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra academy
On 1 July, Daniel Barenboim joins current and former members of the Staatskapelle Berlin's orchestra academy for a 20-year celebration of the program. In 1998 Barenboim led efforts to start an ensemble…
Barenboim conducts Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’ at Staatsoper Unter den Linden
General Music Director Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatsoper Berlin in Verdi's Macbeth. The production by Harry Copper sees performances by Plácido Domingo in the title role, Anna Netrebko as Lady Macbeth, Kwangchul…
Debussy 100th at Pierre Boulez Saal
June 3 at Berlin's Pierre Boulez Saal, Daniel Barenboim joins a group of artists – many frequent collaborators – to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Claude Debussy. The group…
Barenboim leads Staatsoper Berlin in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande
Staatsoper Berlin General Music Director Daniel Barenboim leads the company in a production of Pelléas et Mélisande on 27 & 31 May and 10 & 14 June. Ruth Berghuas's staging returns to…
General Music Director Daniel Barenboim takes part in the Staatsoper Berlin’s annual Staatsoper für alle concerts in Berlin’s Bebelplatz this June. In the square on 16 June, Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in works by Rossini, Debussy, and Stravinsky. 17 June sees a broadcast, live from the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, of Verdi’s Macbeth starring Plácido Dómingo in the title role and Anna Netrebko as Lady Macbeth. The performances are free and open …
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Barenboim at Salzburg Whitsun Festival
Daniel Barenboim returns to the Salzburg Whitsun Festival for two performances with the Staatskapelle Berlin this May. The orchestra's General Music Director takes the podium on 20 May for Grieg's Piano Concerto…
A reunion with Martha Argerich in Vienna
Daniel Barenboim reunites with pianist Martha Argerich for a duo recital in Vienna on 11 May. They celebrate the music of Claude Debussy. Onstage at the Musikverein, Barenboim and Argerich perform Debussy's…