Audacious, perhaps, to lure an audience of thousands with promises of Beethoven, then let Pierre Boulez steal the show. Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra placed Boulez’s Dérive 2, ...
Mr. Barenboim is a pianist and conductor. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was first performed exactly 200 years ago Tuesday and has since become probably the work most likely to be embraced for ...
Daniel Barenboim directs his first Beethoven symphony cycle in London and becomes the first conductor since Henry Wood in 1942 to survey all nine symphonies in a single Proms season His dynamic ...
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Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra take the complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies on tour to China and South Korea, to explore why these works are so often regarded as one of the ...
This is not political, Daniel Barenboim says, admitting that he knows few will agree when they learn about his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. How can a project that requires Israelis and Arabs to play ...
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When Daniel Barenboim begins his cycle of all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas Wednesday night in Orchestra Hall, the event will have old-timers searching their memories for the last time they heard any ...
In this hefty documentary, Michael Waldman followed conductor and orchestra as they brought Beethoven to China and South Korea last year, culminating in a performance of the Ninth Symphony at an ...
This film gains a unique insight into the nine symphonies, as well as the musicians' views on the difficulties and delights of performing these inimitable works. Captured within the documentary, ...