Daniel Barenboim conducts his first operatic performances of the 2014/15 season at the Staatsoper Berlin with Puccini’s Tosca (October 3 – 19) and Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (October 11 – 26). The October performances of Tosca mark Daniel Barenboim’s first time conducting a Puccini opera. The production, staged by Alvis Hermanis, sees Anja Kampe in the title role, alongside Fabio Sartori as Cavaradossi, and Michael Volle as Scarpia. Harry Kupfer’s …
On September 29, Daniel Barenboim will give a solo recital of piano sonatas by Schubert at the Philharmonie Berlin. The pianist/conductor, who recently released an album of the composer’s complete piano sonatas on the Deutsche Grammophon label, finds the repertoire to be revelatory: “they achieve something people rarely can: they bring conflicting emotions together in harmonious unity. Sometimes a single motif can evoke a sense of joy and, simultaneously, provide …
This month Daniel Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in three European performances, beginning September 4 at Cologne’s Philharmonie with a program of Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished,” and Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben. The following evening on September 5, Barenboim and the Staatskapelle reprise their performance of Schubert and Strauss at the Rheingau Musik Festival. The September performances abroad conclude September 7 at Finlandia Hall as part of the Helsinki Festival. Discover Daniel Barenboim’s 2014/15 season.
Daniel Barenboim has recorded Franz Schubert’s complete Piano Sonatas on the Deutsche Grammophon label. The new release arrives internationally on August 18, 2014. Order the album here. Spending upwards of six hours a day recording all of the sonatas by Schubert, the experience offered news insights into the composer’s work. Here below is a reflection by Daniel Barenboim: Schubert’s piano sonatas are something of a special case in music history. Only a few of …
Daniel Barenboim and the members of the West-Eastern Divan reunite in Buenos Aires for a residency at the city’s iconic Teatro Colón, the first of five cities the orchestra travels to on their 2014 summer tour. In addition to their annual workshop, which this year takes place in the Argentinian capital, the West-Eastern Divan performs at the Teatro Colón in a series of concerts–highlighted this season by esteemed guest artists and …
On July 23, 2014, Daniel Barenboim appears at the Salzburg Festival to conduct the Wiener Philharmoniker in Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony and Max Reger’s Requiem. Plácido Domingo guests with Barenboim and the orchestra in Reger’s “Hebbel Requiem,” which also features the Wiener Singverein. Barenboim and Domingo performed the Requiem at the Staatsoper Berlin’s Festtage earlier this spring. Barenboim returns to the Salzburg Festival later this summer with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, an ensemble …
Peral Music, Daniel Barenboim’s digital record label, releases an extraordinary new album of piano duos with Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich. A live recording of the concert that the two musicians gave at the Berlin Philharmonie in April 2014, the new release sees Barenboim and Argerich performing Mozart’s Piano Sonata in D Major, Schubert’s Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat, and Stravinsky’s “Le sacre du printemps.” The album is …
From July 2 to 7, Daniel Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle Berlin on European tour, performing in Paris (July 2 & 3), Madrid (July 5 & 6), and Barcelona (July 7). Barenboim conducts a program comprising Strauss’s Don Quixote and Ein Heldenleben July 2 at the Salle Pleyel, Paris; on July 5 at the Auditorio Nacional, Madrid; and on July 7 at the Palau de la Música, Barcelona. Performances of Elgar’s …
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Musikverein in concerts as pat of Wiener Festwochen 2014. On June 14, Barenboim leads the orchestra and guest soloist Bernarda Fink in Max Reger’s Requiem and Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony in E-Flat Major, “Romantic.” The following day on June 15, Barenboim conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in a program that frames Reger’s Requiem with Schubert’s Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D 714 and …
From June 19 to 30, Daniel Barenboim conducts a new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Teatro alla Scala. The La Scala Music Director leads his second Mozart opera at the Milan House with a staging by Claus Guth. The leading cast includes Maria Bengtsson as Fiordiligi, Katija Dragojevic as her sister Dorabella, Adam Plachetka as Guglielmo, Rolando Villazón as his co-conspirator Ferrando, Serena Malfi as the cunning …