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ALBUMDaniel Barenboim plays Beethoven, Mozart & SchumannDaniel Barenboim
Albums by Daniel Barenboim
ALBUMMozart Piano AdagiosDaniel Barenboim
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 "Emperor"Otto Klemperer & Daniel Barenboim
ALBUMDaniel Barenboim: SchumannDaniel Barenboim
ALBUMMendelssohn - Piano WorksDaniel Barenboim
ALBUMSchumann: The SymphoniesStaatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim
ALBUMEncoresDaniel Barenboim
ALBUMMozart & Strauss: Oboe ConcertosCristina Gómez Godoy, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim
ALBUMDebussy: Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La merDaniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich, Michael Barenboim, Kian Soltani & Staatskapelle Berlin
ALBUMBeethoven TriosDaniel Barenboim, Michael Barenboim & Kian Soltani
ALBUM"Dear Mademoiselle": A Tribute to Nadia BoulangerAstrig Siranossian, Nathanaël Gouin & Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim's Popular Music Videos
Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: 1. Allegro (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin / 2019)
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: 2. Largo - attacca (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin / 2019)
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: 3. Rondo alla Polacca (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin / 2019)
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (West-Eastern Divan Orchestra) [Beethoven 9] [Final Chorus from Schiller's ode "To Joy"]
Ludwig van Beethoven, Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin
Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: I. Allegro (Live at Philharmonie Berlin / 1995)
Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim & Berlin Philharmonic
Tico Tico (Live from Philharmonie, Berlin / 2001)
Berlin Philharmonic & Daniel Barenboim
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: I. Allegro con brio (Live)
Daniel Barenboim & Staatskapelle Berlin
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": I. Allegro (Live)
Daniel Barenboim & Staatskapelle Berlin
Études, Op. 25: No. 1 in A-Flat Major (Live from Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin / 2020)
Daniel Barenboim
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso (Live)
Daniel Barenboim & Staatskapelle Berlin
Artist Playlists
Daniel Barenboim Essentials
Daniel Barenboim at 80: Celebrating one of the greatest musicians of our age.
Daniel Barenboim Video Essentials
The maestro conducts from his piano bench.
Artist Biography
Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim is known for composer-focused extended programs—such as the 2002 Wagner marathon at the Berlin State Opera, where he has been music director since 1992—and has recorded several complete collections, including all the symphonies by Brahms, Bruckner, and Schumann. Born in 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Barenboim secured his reputation as a prodigy when, at age 11, he impressed conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler. Studies in Paris with Nadia Boulanger followed, as did glittering debuts in concert halls across the world. In 1967, Barenboim married cellist Jacqueline du Pré, and the two were widely celebrated for their collaborative musicianship. Barenboim’s career was further boosted by subsequent high-profile events, including a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, for which he was conductor and soloist, at a concert to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Promoting peace through music has become a recent focus for Barenboim: In 1999 he cofounded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Palestinian academic Edward Said in response to the worsening division between Israel and Palestine. The ensemble continues to tour, and it provided inspiration for the Berlin-based Barenboim-Said Akademie, an institution for musicians largely from the Middle East and North Africa. In 2022, Barenboim used his acceptance of Gramophone's Lifetime Achievement Award to announce that he is taking a break from performing activities due to a neurological condition.
Hometown
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genre
Classical