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 the Staatskapelle Berlin and Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón, and performs major choral works with the Berlin orchestra as well as the Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala.  Barenboim’s  March 26  concert with Villazón and the Staatskapelle Berlin features selections from Verdi’s Eight Romances transcribed by Luciano Berio, who describes his adaptation for tenor …

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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 first time in its entirety later this month by the Berlin house as part of the Easter Festtage 2013. Catch the premiere performances of Cassier’s Götterdammerung on March 3, 6 & 10. The Staatsoper will present the full Ring cycle from …

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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 collaborative recital of German lieder with soprano Dorothea Röschmann. Barenboim first leads the Staatskapelle in two concerts that feature Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben and see the Maestro both playing and conducting Mozart’s Piano Concerto in …

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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 scholar Edward W. Said, which comprises young musicians from Israel, Palestine, and other Arab countries. Culminating in four concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall (Jan 30-Feb 3), during which Barenboim will lead the orchestra in a complete cycle of Beethoven’s nine symphonies, the tour also includes the orchestra’s …

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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 Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as Heinrich, Anja Harteros as Elsa, Tomás Tómasson as Friedrich, Evelyn Herlutzius as Ortrud, and Zeljko Lucic as the King’s Herald. 2013 marks Wagner’s bicentenary, and this season …

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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, establishes relationships and fills them with meaning. For Barenboim, music is a continuous dialogue between ethics and aesthetics – a dialogue that works on different levels. If counterpoint – the ongoing interplay of one melodic line …

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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 Teatro alla Scala and Staatsoper unter den Linden have commissioned American composer Elliott Carter to write Dialogues II, which will be performed in concerts with the Filarmonica (October 25, November 7) and the Staatskapelle (November 15). In the …

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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 La Scala, Barenboim performs  Lohengrin  in December (with a  special preview for young people on December 4 ),  Götterdämmerung  in May and June, and two complete  Ring Cycle  performances in June as well. Watch Barenboim introduce Siegfried

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 piano sonatas – will be available in stores and online as stand-alone collections and also as a Deluxe Box Set.   Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas have been a touchstone of Daniel Barenboim’s musical life since childhood and throughout the maestro’s remarkable …

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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 doubt one of the most important classical artists of our time," said Association president Dr. Florian. "In addition to his outstanding musical career, he has made it his life mission to break down borders through music – regardless …

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