"Beethoven’s music is universal… Everywhere in the world – it speaks to all people." – Daniel Barenboim Beginning this month, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra release Beethoven for All , a comprehensive recording of Beethoven’s symphonies, piano concertos, and piano sonatas on Decca Classics. The release is part of Barenboim and the WEDO’s wider Beethoven for All project, which seeks to bring Beethoven’s message of common humanity to audiences across the …
Beginning June 3, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin explore the music of Bruckner and Mozart on tour in Germany and Austria, including a ten-day residency at Vienna’s Musikverein. They begin their performances with Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony at Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle (June 3), followed by two performances of Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony alongside Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 at Berlin’s Philharmonie (June 4 & 5). From June 7 to 17, Barenboim and …
Beginning May 26, Daniel Barenboim leads three performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, starring the legendary Plácido Domingo in the title role. Verdi’s opera follows the life of Simon Boccanegra, an imperfect yet deeply earnest man who, as Doge, must uphold his public duty while coping with the private burdens of loss and his filial duty. This production, directed by Federico Tiezzi, will be performed at the Staatsoper Berlin’s Schiller …
As Daniel Barenboim performs Mozart’s music with the Vienna Philharmonic on tour and at home in the Austrian capital, the maestro looks ahead to two performances with the Philharmonic that juxtapose Claude Debussy’s music alongside Arnold Schoenberg’s. Joined by violinist Michael Barenboim, the maestro will open his May 23 and 24 concerts with Schoenberg’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. He and the Orchestra continue the program with Debussy’s La mer …
On June 1 Daniel Barenboim will conduct Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope is known for his fondness of music, and this performance will be the first concert that the pontiff has attended at a public theater in his capacity as leader of the Catholic Church. The concert is part of the Holy Father’s visit …
Beginning May 13, Daniel Barenboim leads the Vienna Philharmonic in concerts that explore the music of Mozart. He begins this orchestral series with a program of Mozart’s last three symphonies, K543, K550, and K551 in Vienna (May 13), Prague (May 15) and Dresden (May 16). Barenboim and the Philharmonic return to Vienna to perform Mozart’s Symphonies Nos. 39 and 41 for concerts on May 19 and 20. Principal flautist of …
On May 6, Daniel Barenboim and Russian soprano Anna Netrebko take the stage of Vienna’s Musikverein for a sold-out recital of works by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. Their program features less-explored repertoire by the two composers, with song texts by Tolstoy and Pushkin, among other Russian poets. Barenboim and Netrebko can be heard performing together on In the Still of the Night , an album of art songs recorded live at the Salzburg Festival in 2009. Learn more about Barenboim and Netrebko’s Musikverein recital. …
This April, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin travel to London and Paris for a concert tour that includes Bruckner’s last three symphonies as well as two Mozart concerti, featuring the maestro as conductor and soloist. They begin their tour at London’s Royal Festival Hall on April 16 with a program that includes Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7, a work recorded live by Barenboim and …
As part of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s FESTTAGE 2012, Daniel Barenboim leads a series of performances in Berlin that showcase his musical life as both a conductor and a pianist. On April 5, Barenboim leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in a performance of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony and Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein at Berlin’s Philharmonie. On April 6, Barenboim conducts the Filarmonica della Scala with works by De Falla …
From March 31 to April 14, Daniel Barenboim leads performances of Alban Berg’s Lulu as part of the Staatsoper Berlin’s FESTTAGE 2012. Following the acclaimed production of Wozzeck by Andrea Breth, the German director returns to the Staatsoper with a new staging of Berg’s operatic masterpiece with sets by Erich Wonder and costumes by Moidele Bickel. Berg’s radical yet sumptuous score depicts the world of the iconic femme fatale Lulu, …