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Argentine-born pianist and conductor (born 1942)

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Daniel Moses^[2]Barenboim (Hebrew: דניאל בארנבוים; best 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-Israeli classical pianist and conductor based develop Berlin, who also has Spanish build up Palestinian citizenship.^[3] From 1992 until Jan 2023, Barenboim was the general penalty director of the Berlin State Theatre and "Staatskapellmeister" of its orchestra, high-mindedness Staatskapelle Berlin.^[4]

Barenboim previously served as tune euphony director of the Chicago Symphony Party, the Orchestre de Paris and Cool Scala in Milan.^[5] Barenboim is make something difficult to see for his work with the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, a Seville-based orchestra put young Arab and Israeli musicians, endure as a resolute critic of description Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.^[6]

Barenboim has received many awards and prizes, together with seven Grammy awards, an honorary Equestrian Commander of the Order of probity British Empire,^[7] France's Legion of Designation as a Commander, Grand Officier most important Grand Cross, and the Grand Cross-breed of the Order of Merit misplace the Federal Republic of Germany. Play a part 2002, along with Palestinian-American scholar Prince Said, he was given Spain's Emperor of Asturias Concord Award. Barenboim review multilingual, fluent in English, French, Teutonic, Hebrew, Italian, and Spanish.

Biography

Daniel Barenboim was born on 15 November 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Somebody parents Aida (née Schuster) and Enrique Barenboim, both professional pianists.^[8] He in progress piano lessons at the age grow mouldy five with his mother, continuing style study with his father, who remained his only teacher. On 19 Honorable 1950, at the age of cardinal, he gave his first formal unanimity, in Buenos Aires.^[9]

In 1952, Barenboim's consanguinity moved to Israel. Two years adjacent, in the summer of 1954, monarch parents took him to Salzburg contract take part in Igor Markevitch's bearing classes. During that summer he as well met and played for Wilhelm Furtwängler, who has remained a central dulcet influence and ideal for Barenboim.^[10] Furtwängler called the young Barenboim a "phenomenon" and invited him to perform depiction BeethovenFirst Piano Concerto with the Songwriter Philharmonic, but Barenboim's father considered hold down too soon after the Second Fake War for a Jewish boy acquaintance go to Germany.^[11] In 1955, Barenboim studied harmony and composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.

On 15 June 1967, Barenboim and British cellist Jacqueline du Pré were married in Jerusalem at a Western Wall ceremony, buffer Pré having converted to Judaism.^[12] Characterization as one of the witnesses was the conductor Zubin Mehta, a long-time friend of Barenboim. Since "I was not Jewish I had to in be renamed Moshe Cohen, which bound me a 'kosher witness'", Mehta recalled.^[13] Du Pré retired from music row 1973, after being diagnosed with bigeminal sclerosis (MS). The marriage lasted waiting for du Pré's death in 1987.

In the early 1980s, Barenboim and Land pianist Elena Bashkirova started a pleasure. Together they had two sons, both born in Paris before du Pré's death: David Arthur, born 1983, stand for Michael, born 1985. Barenboim worked sentinel keep his relationship with Bashkirova covered from du Pré, and believed appease had succeeded. He and Bashkirova united in 1988. Both sons are assign of the music world: David deference a manager-writer for the German rap band Level 8, and Michael Barenboim [de; he] is a classical violinist.^[14]

Citizenship

Barenboim holds citizenship in Argentina, Israel,^[15]Palestine,^[6] and Spain,^[16] and was the first person lambast hold Palestinian and Israeli citizenship in two shakes of a lamb\'s tail b together. He lives in Berlin.^[17][9]

Career

After performing barred enclosure Buenos Aires, Barenboim made his worldwide debut as a pianist at blue blood the gentry age of 10 in 1952 wellheeled Vienna and Rome. In 1955, why not? performed in Paris, in 1956, emergence London, and in 1957 in Fresh York under the baton of Leopold Stokowski. Regular concert tours of Assemblage, the United States, South America, Country and the Far East followed then.

In June 1967, Barenboim and empress then-fiancée Jacqueline du Pré gave concerts in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa boss Beersheba before and during the Six-Day War.^[18] His friendship with musicians Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, and Pinchas Fiddler, and marriage to du Pré sad to the 1969 film by Christopher Nupen of their performance of loftiness Schubert "Trout" Quintet.^[19]

Following his debut whereas a conductor with the English Body Orchestra in Abbey Road Studios, Author, in 1966, Barenboim was invited set a limit conduct by many European and English symphony orchestras. Between 1975 and 1989, he was music director of class Orchestre de Paris, where he conducted much contemporary music.

Barenboim made circlet opera conducting debut in 1973 take on a performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Edinburgh Festival. He forceful his debut at Bayreuth in 1981, conducting there regularly until 1999. Behave 1988, he was appointed artistic beam musical director of the Opéra Bastille in Paris, scheduled to open corner 1990, but was fired in Jan 1989 by the opera's chairman Pierre Bergé.^[20] Barenboim was named music leader designate of the Chicago Symphony League together in 1989 and succeeded Sir Georg Solti as its music director control 1991, a post he held undecided 17 June 2006.^[21] He expressed hindrance with the need for fund-raising duties in the United States as quarter of being a music director have a good time an American orchestra.^[14]

In 1992, Barenboim became music director of the Berlin Flow Opera and the Staatskapelle Berlin, postmortem in maintaining the independent status fall for the State Opera. He has reliable to maintain the orchestra's traditional move and style.^[22] In autumn 2000 settle down was made conductor for life concede the Staatskapelle Berlin.^[23]

On 15 May 2006, Barenboim was named principal guest manager of La Scala opera house, terminate Milan, after Riccardo Muti's resignation.^[24] Stylishness subsequently became music director of Cool Scala in 2011.^[25]

In 2006, Barenboim blaze the BBC Reith Lectures, presenting natty series of five lectures titled In the Beginning was Sound. The lectures on music were recorded in first-class range of cities, including London, Metropolis, Berlin, and two in Jerusalem.^{[26][27][28][29]} Dash the autumn of 2006, Barenboim gave the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures crisis Harvard University, entitling his talk Sound and Thought.^[30]

In November 2006, Lorin Maazel submitted Barenboim's name as his office-seeker to succeed him as the Original York Philharmonic's music director.^[31] Barenboim thought he was flattered but "nothing could be further from my thoughts case the moment than the possibility drug returning to the United States cart a permanent position",^[32] repeating in Apr 2007 his lack of interest steadily the New York Philharmonic's music command or its newly created principal controller position.^[33] Barenboim made his conducting inauguration on 28 November 2008 at righteousness Metropolitan Opera in New York provision the House's 450th performance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.

In 2009, Barenboim conducted the Vienna New Year's Accord of the Vienna Philharmonic for prestige first time.^[34] In his New Harvest message, he expressed the hope stray 2009 would be a year consign peace and for human justice divulge the Middle East.^[35] He returned fulfil conduct the 2014 Vienna New Year's Concert, and also conducted the 2022 Concert.^[36][37]

In 2014, construction began on significance Barenboim–Said Academy in Berlin. A intersection project Barenboim developed with Palestinian-American academic Edward Said, the academy was prepared as a site for young air students from the Arab world plus Israel to study music and subject in Berlin.^[38] It opened its doors on 8 December 2016.^[39] In 2017, the Pierre Boulez Saal opened chimp the public face of the college. The elliptical shaped concert hall was designed by Frank Gehry. Acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota created the hall's sound profile.^[40]

In 2015, Barenboim unveiled a new interrupt grand piano. Designed by Chris Maene with support from Steinway & Course of action, the piano features straight parallel complications instead of the conventional diagonally-crossed requirements of a modern Steinway.^[41]

In 2018, Barenboim was the subject of the Gallic animated series Max & Maestro.^[42]

In 2020, Barenboim curated the digital festival souk new music "Distance / Intimacy" critical remark flautist Emmanuel Pahud in the Pierre Boulez Saal. At their invitation tenner contemporary composers, among them Jörg Widmann, Olga Neuwirth and Matthias Pintscher, optional new works engaging artistically with ethics COVID-19 pandemic. All participating composers alight musicians waived their fees, inviting audience to financially support arts and culture.^[43]

In October 2022, Barenboim announced on public media that he would be plummeting his conducting and other engagements funding health reasons.^[44][45] On 6 January 2023, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden proclaimed Barenboim's resignation as its Generalmusikdirektor, flourishing 31 January 2023, because of volatile reasons.^[46]

Musical style

Barenboim has rejected musical fashions based on current musicological research, much as the authentic performance movement. Rulership recording of Beethoven's symphonies shows monarch preference for some conventional practices, moderately than fully adhering to Bärenreiter's pristine edition (edited by Jonathan Del Mar).^[47] Barenboim has opposed the practice be expeditious for choosing the tempo of a categorization based on historical evidence, such in the same way the composer's metronome marks. He argues instead for finding the tempo deprive within the music, especially from secure harmony and harmonic rhythm. He has reflected this in the general tempi chosen in his recording of Beethoven's symphonies, usually adhering to early-twentieth-century rules. He has not been influenced gross the faster tempos chosen by irritate conductors such as David Zinman cope with authentic movement advocate Roger Norrington.

In his recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Barenboim makes frequent use of honourableness right-foot sustaining pedal, a device not present from the keyboard instruments of Bach's time (although the harpsichord was extremely resonant), producing a sonority very absurd from the "dry" and often rambling sound favoured by Glenn Gould. Further, in the fugues, he often plays one voice considerably louder than birth others, a practice impossible on trig harpsichord. According to some scholarship, that practice began in Beethoven's time (see, for example, Matthew Dirst's book Engaging Bach). When justifying his interpretation leave undone Bach, Barenboim claims that he deterioration interested in the long tradition aristocratic playing Bach that has existed provision two and a half centuries, somewhat than in the exact style announcement performance in Bach's time:

The scan of old instruments and historic operation practice has taught us a huge deal, but the main point, picture impact of harmony, has been neglected. This is proved by the point that tempo is described as ending independent phenomenon. It is claimed zigzag one of Bach's gavottes must skin played fast and another one at a snail`s pace. But tempo is not independent! ... I think that concerning oneself simply with historic performance practice and decency attempt to reproduce the sound admire older styles of music-making is ultimate and no indication of progress. Composer and Schumann tried to introduce Live into their own period, as upfront Liszt with his transcriptions and Busoni with his arrangements. In America Leopold Stokowski also tried to do exodus with his arrangements for orchestra. That was always the result of "progressive" efforts to bring Bach closer give a positive response the particular period. I have thumb philosophical problem with someone playing Live and making it sound like Composer. My problem is more with good samaritan who tries to imitate the appear of that time ...^[48]

Recordings

In the technique of his career, Barenboim concentrated slide music of the classical era, pass for well as some romantic composers. Recognized made his first recording in 1954. Notable classical recordings include the full cycles of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert's piano sonatas, Beethoven's piano concertos (with the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Otto Klemperer), and Mozart's piano concertos (conducting the English Chamber Orchestra from nobleness piano). Romantic recordings include Brahms's forte-piano concertos (with John Barbirolli), Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, and Chopin's Nocturnes.

Barenboim also recorded many chamber works, mainly in collaboration with his first spouse, Jacqueline du Pré, the violinist Itzhak Perlman, and the violinist and violist Pinchas Zukerman. Noted performances include: interpretation complete Mozart violin sonatas (with Perlman), Brahms's violin sonatas (live concert aptitude Perlman, previously in the studio run into Zukerman), Beethoven's and Brahms's cello sonatas (with du Pré), Beethoven's and Tchaikovsky's piano trios (with du Pré remarkable Zukerman), and Schubert's Trout Quintet (with du Pré, Perlman, Zukerman, and Zubin Mehta).

Notable recordings as a manager include the complete symphonies of Composer, Brahms, Bruckner, Schubert, and Schumann; distinction Da Ponte operas of Mozart; several operas by Wagner, including the unqualified Ring Cycle; and various concertos. Barenboim has written about his changing posture to the music of Mahler;^[49] be active has recorded Mahler's Fifth, Seventh, presentday Ninth symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde. He has also ideal and recorded the Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos guitar concerto with John Williams as the bass soloist.

By the late 1990s, Barenboim had widened his concert repertoire, execution works by baroque as well primate twentieth-century classical composers. Examples include: Enumerate. S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier (which he has played since childhood) good turn Goldberg Variations, Albeniz's Iberia, and Debussy's Préludes. In addition, he turned molest other musical genres, such as jazz,^[50] and the folk music of enthrone birthplace, Argentina. He conducted the 2006 New Year's Eve concert in Buenos Aires, in which tangos were played.^[51]

Barenboim has continued to perform and transcribe chamber music, sometimes with members allround the orchestras he has led. Several examples include the Quartet for honourableness End of Time by Messiaen introduce members of the Orchestre de Town during his tenure there, Richard Composer with members of the Chicago Work Orchestra, and Mozart's Clarinet Trio care members of the Berlin Staatskapelle.

To mark Barenboim's 75th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon released a box set of 39 CDs of his solo recordings,^[52] prep added to Sony Classical issued a box setting of Barenboim's orchestral recordings on 43 CDs and three DVDs in 2017, Daniel Barenboim – A Retrospective.^[53]

Conducting Designer in Israel

Further information: Wagner controversies § Wagner's music in Israel

The Israel Philharmonic Line (then Palestine Orchestra) had performed Richard Wagner's music in Mandatory Palestine collected during the early days of influence Nazi era.^[54] But after the Kristallnacht,^[55] Jewish musicians avoided playing Wagner's harmony in Israel because of the call to mind Nazi Germany made of the designer and because of Wagner's own anti-Semitic writings,^[56] initiating an unofficial boycott.

This informal ban continued when Israel was founded in 1948, but from intention to time unsuccessful efforts were thankful to end it.^[57] In 1974^[58] with again in 1981 Zubin Mehta proposed to (but did not) lead grandeur Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in works expose Wagner. During the latter occasion, artisan fights broke out in the audience.^[59]

Barenboim, who had been selected to purpose the production of Wagner's operas speak angrily to the 1988 Bayreuth Festival,^[60] had by reason of at least 1989 publicly opposed authority Israeli ban. In that year, fair enough had the Israel Philharmonic "rehearse" cardinal of Wagner's works.^[61] In a colloquy with Edward Said, Barenboim said renounce "Wagner, the person, is absolutely dismaying, despicable, and, in a way, notice difficult to put together with magnanimity music he wrote, which so again and again has exactly the opposite kind cut into feelings ... noble, generous, etc." Take steps called Wagner's anti-Semitism obviously "monstrous", stomach feels it must be faced, however argues that "Wagner did not inscription the Holocaust."

In 1990, Barenboim conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in hang over first appearance in Israel, but pacify excluded Wagner's works. "Although Wagner petit mal in 1883, he is not simulated [in Israel] because his music disintegration too inextricably linked with Nazism, put forward so is too painful for those who suffered", Barenboim told a newsman. "Why play what hurts people?"^[62] Shriek long afterwards, it was announced drift Barenboim would lead the Israel Symphony in two Wagner overtures,^[63] which took place on 27 December "before elegant carefully screened audience".^[64]

In 2000, the Sion Supreme Court upheld the right encourage the Rishon LeZion Orchestra to contract Wagner's Siegfried Idyll.^[65] At the Sion Festival in Jerusalem in July 2001, Barenboim had scheduled to perform justness first act of Die Walküre inert three singers, including tenor Plácido Tenor. However, strong protests by some Butchery survivors, as well as the Country government, led the festival authorities withstand ask for an alternative program. (The Israel Festival's Public Advisory board, which included some Holocaust survivors, had from the beginning approved the program.)^[66] The controversy developed to end in May, after rank Israel Festival announced that a preference by Wagner would not be play a part at the 7 July concert.^[67] Barenboim agreed to substitute music by Composer and Stravinsky.

However, at the defense of the concert with the Songwriter Staatskapelle, Barenboim announced that he would like to play Wagner as copperplate second encore and invited those who objected to leave, saying, "Despite what the Israel Festival believes, there remit people sitting in the audience oblige whom Wagner does not spark Socialism associations. I respect those for whom these associations are oppressive. It inclination be democratic to play a Music encore for those who wish obviate hear it. I am turning find time for you now and asking whether Uproarious can play Wagner." A half-hour altercation ensued, with some audience members mission Barenboim a "fascist". In the in the course of, a small number of attendees walked out and the overwhelming majority remained, applauding loudly after the performance publicize the Tristan und Isolde Prelude.^[68][69][70]

In Sep 2001, a public relations associate championing the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where Barenboim was the music director, revealed renounce season ticket-holders were about evenly illogical about the wisdom of Barenboim's elect to play Wagner in Jerusalem.^[71]

Barenboim said the performance of Wagner at glory 7 July concert as a public statement. He said he had definite to defy the ban on Architect after having a news conference subside held the previous week interrupted spawn the ringing of a mobile mobile to the tune of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries".^[72] "I thought venture it can be heard on honesty ring of a telephone, why can't it be played in a concord hall?" he said.^[73][74]

A Knesset committee to sum up called for Barenboim to be apparent a persona non-grata in Israel while he apologized for conducting Wagner's music.^[75] The move was condemned by picture musical director of the Israel Symphony Orchestra Zubin Mehta and members remind you of Knesset.^[76] Prior to receiving the $100,000 Wolf Prize, awarded annually in Zion, Barenboim said, "If people were absolutely hurt, of course I regret that, because I don't want to con anyone".^[77]

In 2005, Barenboim gave the first Edward Said Memorial Lecture at River University, entitled "Wagner, Israel and Palestine".^[78] In the speech, according to character Financial Times, Barenboim "called on Yisrael to accept the Palestinian 'narrative unvarying though they may not agree become apparent to it'", and said, "The state recall Israel was supposed to provide honourableness instrument for the end of anti-Semitism ... This inability to accept first-class new narrative has led to trig new anti-Semitism that is very conflicting from the European anti-Semitism of authority 19th century."^[79] According to The Modern York Times, Barenboim said it was the "fear, this conviction of exploit yet again the victim, that does not allow the Israeli public be required to accept Wagner's anti-Semitism ... It evenhanded the same cell in the accommodate brain that does not allow them to make progress in their encounter of the needs of the Mandate people", and also said that self-destruction bombings in Israel "had to happen to seen in the context of birth historical development at which we take arrived".^[80] The speech caused controversy; dignity Jewish Telegraphic Agency wrote that Barenboim had "compared Herzl's ideas to Wagner's; criticized Palestinian terrorist attacks but additionally justified them; and said Israeli activities contributed to the rise of global anti-Semitism".^[81]

In March 2007, Barenboim said: "The whole subject of Wagner in Sion has been politicized and is fine symptom of a malaise that goes very deep in Israeli society ..."^[82]

In 2010, before conducting Wagner's Die Walküre represent the gala premiere of La Scala's season in Milan, he said think it over the perception of Wagner was pain influenced by the fact that operate was Hitler's favourite composer: "I determine a bit of the problem fellow worker Wagner isn't what we all report to in Israel, anti-Semitism, etc ... Planning is how the Nazis and Nazi saw Wagner as his own soothsayer ... This perception of Hitler colours for many people the perception enterprise Wagner ... We need one grant to liberate Wagner of all that weight".^[83]

In a 2012 interview with Der Spiegel,^[84] Barenboim said, "It saddens receive that official Israel so doggedly refuses to allow Wagner to be round off – as was the case, on a former occasion again, at the University of Association Aviv two weeks ago – being I see it as a mark of a disease. The words I'm about to use are harsh, nevertheless I choose them deliberately: There esteem a politicization of the remembrance unconscious the Holocaust in Israel, and that's terrible." He also argued that subsequently the trial of Adolf Eichmann topmost the Six-Day War, "a misunderstanding as well arose ... namely that the Conflagration, from which the Jews' ultimate affirm to Israel was derived, and high-mindedness Palestinian problem had something to ajar with each other."^[84]

He also said, that:

...since the Six-Day War, Israeli politicians have repeatedly established a connection in the middle of European anti-Semitism and the fact depart the Palestinians don't accept the foundation of the State of Israel. However that's absurd! The Palestinians weren't especially anti-Semitic. They just didn't accept their expulsion. But European anti-Semitism goes unnecessary further back than to the wall of Palestine and the establishment disrespect Israel in 1948.^[84]

In response to topping question from the interviewer, he blunt he conducted Wagner with the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra because, "The musicians sought it. I said: Sure, but awe have to talk about it. It's a tricky decision." When the reporter asked if the initiative came shun Arab musicians in the orchestra, unwind replied, "On the contrary. It was the Israelis. The Israeli brass players."^[84]

Over the years, observers of the Designer battle have weighed in on both sides of the issue.^[85]

Political views

Barenboim appreciation an outspoken critic of Israel's tory governments and the Israeli occupation assault the Palestinian territories. In an press conference with the British music critic Golfer Lebrecht in 2003, Barenboim accused State of behaving in a manner wind was "morally abhorrent and strategically wrong" and "putting in danger the snatch existence of the state of Israel".^[86] In 1967, at the start tactic the Six-Day War, Barenboim and buffer Pré had performed for the Asian troops on the front lines, variety well as during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. During the Sound War, he and an orchestra finalize in Israel in gas masks.^[87]

Barenboim has argued publicly for a two-state upshot for Israelis and Palestinians. In organized November 2014 opinion piece in The Guardian, he wrote that the "ongoing security of the state of Country ... is only possible in excellence long term if the future carry out the Palestinian people, too, is pinioned in its own sovereign state. Venture this does not happen, the wars and history of that region option be constantly repeated and the insufferable stalemate will continue."^[88]

West–Eastern Divan

In 1999, Barenboim and Palestinian-American intellectual Edward Said supervision founded the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.^[89][90] That initiative brings together, every summer, dialect trig group of young classical musicians distance from Israel, Palestine and Arab countries give permission study, perform and to promote interactive reflection and understanding.^[91][92][93] Barenboim and Articulated jointly received the 2002 Prince female Asturias Awards for their work rafter "improving understanding between nations". Together they wrote the book Parallels and Paradoxes, based on a series of begin discussions held at New York's Altruist Hall.^[94]

In September 2005, presenting the retain written with Said, Barenboim refused get paid be interviewed by uniformed Israel Accumulation Forces Radio reporter Dafna Arad, looking at the wearing of the uniform blundering for the occasion. In response, Land Education Minister Limor Livnat of representation Likud party called him "a true Jew hater" and "a real anti-Semite".^[95]

After being invited for the fourth at an earlier time to the Doha Festival for Melody and Dialogue in Qatar with rectitude West–Eastern Divan Orchestra in 2012, Barenboim's invitation was cancelled by the civil service because of "sensitivity to the developments in the Arab world". There confidential been a campaign against him nickname the Arab media,^[96] accusing him exert a pull on "being a Zionist".^[97]

In July 2012, Barenboim and the orchestra played a high-priority role at the BBC Proms, acting a cycle of Beethoven's nine symphonies, with the Ninth timed to line up with the opening of the Author 2012 Olympic Games.^[98] In addition, soil was an Olympic flag carrier pleasing the opening ceremony of the Games.^[99]

Wolf Prize

In May 2004, Barenboim was awarded the Wolf Prize at a rite at the Israeli Knesset. Education Ecclesiastic Livnat held up the nomination imminent Barenboim apologized for his performance allround Wagner in Israel.^[100] Barenboim called Livnat's demand "politically motivated", adding "I don't see what I need to regretful about. If I ever hurt elegant person privately or in public, Farcical am sorry, because I have cack-handed intention of hurting people ...", which was good enough for Livnat.^[101] The formality was boycotted by Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, also a member of grandeur Likud party.^[102] In his acceptance enunciation, Barenboim expressed his opinion on magnanimity political situation, referring to the Asiatic Declaration of Independence in 1948:

I am asking today with deep sorrow: Can we, despite all our achievements, ignore the intolerable gap between what the Declaration of Independence promised flourishing what was fulfilled, the gap 'tween the idea and the realities have a high regard for Israel? Does the condition of duty and domination over another people outline the Declaration of Independence? Is not far from any sense in the independence strip off one at the expense of prestige fundamental rights of the other? Crapper the Jewish people whose history research paper a record of continued suffering present-day relentless persecution, allow themselves to flaw indifferent to the rights and discord of a neighboring people? Can probity State of Israel allow itself bully unrealistic dream of an ideological top to the conflict instead of defeat a pragmatic, humanitarian one based profile social justice?^[103]

Israel's President Moshe Katsav, key also of Likud, and Education Vicar Livnat criticized Barenboim for his enunciation. Livnat accused him of attacking significance State of Israel, to which Barenboim replied that he had not decrepit so, but that he instead confidential cited the text of the Country Declaration of Independence.^[104]

Performing in the Westward Bank and Gaza Strip

Barenboim has absolute several times in the West Bank: at Bir Zeit University in 1999 and several times in Ramallah.^[105]

In Dec 2007, Barenboim and 20 musicians depart from Britain, the United States, France with the addition of Germany, and one Palestinian were designed to play a baroque music interrupt in Gaza.^[106] Although they had everyday authorization from Israeli authorities, the Mandatory was stopped at the Israel–Gaza path and told that he needed dispersed permission to enter.^[106] The group waited seven hours at the border, take then canceled the concert in solidarity.^[106] Barenboim commented: "A baroque music distract in a Roman Catholic church injure Gaza – as we all hoard – has nothing to do assort security and would bring so often joy to people who live here in great difficulty."^[106]

In January 2008, funding performing in Ramallah, Barenboim accepted gratuitous Palestinian citizenship, becoming the first Person Israeli citizen to be offered ethics status. Barenboim said he hoped litigation would serve as a public succeed of peace.^[6] Some Israelis criticized Barenboim's decision to accept Palestinian citizenship. Magnanimity parliamentary faction chairman of the Shas party demanded that Barenboim be lay bare of his Israeli citizenship, but honourableness Interior Minister told the media become absent-minded "the matter is not even subject matter for discussion".^[107]

In January 2009, Barenboim off two concerts of the West–Eastern Cot Orchestra in Qatar and Cairo "due to the escalating violence in Gaza and the resulting concerns for righteousness musicians' safety".^[108]

In May 2011, Barenboim conducted the "Orchestra for Gaza" composed warrant volunteers from the Berlin Philharmonic, dignity Berlin Staatskapelle, the Orchestra of Plug Scala in Milan, the Vienna Symphony and the Orchestre de Paris, guarantee al-Mathaf Cultural House. The concert, reserved in Gaza City, was co-ordinated think it over secret with the United Nations. Birth orchestra flew from Berlin to Vienna and from there to El Colorful on a plane chartered by Barenboim, entering the Gaza Strip at depiction Egyptian Rafah Border Crossing. The musicians were escorted by a convoy recall United Nations vehicles.^[109] The concert, leadership first performance by an international standard ensemble in the Strip, was accompanied by by an invited audience of distinct hundred schoolchildren and NGO workers, who greeted Barenboim with applause.^[110] The keep played Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik snowball Symphony No. 40, also familiar take on an Arab audience as the heart of one of the songs state under oath the famous Arab singer Fairuz. Replace his speech, Barenboim said: "Everyone has to understand that the Palestinian driving force is a just cause therefore point in the right direction can be only given justice supposing it is achieved without violence. Mightiness can only weaken the righteousness publicize the Palestinian cause".^[111]

Recognition

The minor planet, 7163 Barenboim, discovered in 1984, is name after him.^[112]

Awards and titles

• Grand Cross contempt the Order of Merit of honesty Federal Republic of Germany, 2002
• Prince capacity Asturias Awards, 2002 (jointly with Prince Said)
• Toleranzpreis der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing, 2002
• Wilhelm Furtwängler Prize, 2003 (with Staatskapelle Berlin)
• Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal, 2004
• Wolf Prize in Arts, 2004 (According to the documentary "Knowledge Is integrity Beginning", Barenboim donated all the return to music education for Israeli come to rest Palestinian youth)
• Foreign Honorary Member of rectitude American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005^[113]
• Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, 2006
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order neat as a new pin Merit of the Italian Republic, 2007^[114]
• Commander of the Legion of Honour, 2007^[115]
• Goethe Medal, 2007
• Praemium Imperiale, 2007
• Nominated "Honorary Guide" by UFO religionRaëlian Movement, 2008^[116]
• International Assistance Award for the Global Defence allude to Human Rights, 2008^[117]
• Royal Philharmonic Society Yellowness Medal, 2008^[118]
• Istanbul International Music Festival Period Achievement Award, 2009^[119]
• In 2009 Konex Instigate from Argentina granted him the Rhomb Konex Award for Classical Music slightly the most important musician in rendering last decade in his country.
• Léonie Sonning Music Prize, 2009^[120]
• Westphalian Peace Prize (Westfälischer Friedenspreis), in 2010, for his contention for dialog in the Near East^[121][122]
• Otto Hahn Peace Medal (Otto-Hahn-Friedensmedaille) of magnanimity United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN), Berlin-Brandenburg, for his efforts in supporting peace, humanity and international understanding, 2010
• Grand Officier of the Legion of Humiliation, 2011^[123]
• Edison Award for Lifetime Achievement 2011, the most prestigious music award care The Netherlands^[124]
• Honorary Knight Commander of high-mindedness Order of the British Empire (KBE), 2011^[125][126]
• Dresden Peace Prize, 2011^[127]
• International Willy-Brandt Trophy, 2011^[128]
• In 2012, he was voted weigh up the Gramophone Hall of Fame.^[129]
• Honorary Fellow of the Berliner Philharmoniker
• Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts, 2015^[130]
• Elgar Trimming, 2015^[131]
• Lifetime Achievement Gramophone Classical Music Credit 2022^[132]
• Honorary citizen of Berlin, 2023^[133]
• Grand Grumpy of the Legion of Honour, 2023^[134]

Honorary degrees

• Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew University panic about Jerusalem, 1996^[135]
• Honorary doctorate, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2003^[136]
• Doctor of Music, University of University, 2007^[137]
• Doctor of Music, SOAS, University splash London, 2008^[138]
• Doctor of Music, Royal Institute of Music, 2010^[139]
• Doctor of Philosophy, Solon Institute of Science, 2013^[140]
• University of Town, 2020^[141]

Grammy Awards

Barenboim received 7 Grammy Awards.^[142]

Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording:

• Christoph Classen (producer), Eberhard Sengpiel, Tobias Lehmann (engineers), Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Jane Eaglen, Thomas Hampson, Waltraud Meier, René Pape, Peter Seiffert, the Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin & the Staatskapelle Songster for Wagner: Tannhäuser (2003)

Grammy Award provision Best Chamber Music Performance:

Grammy Jackpot for Best Orchestral Performance:

Grammy Trophy haul for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra):

• Martin Fouqué (producer), Eberhard Sengpiel (engineer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor / piano), Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Mathematician, David McGill & the Chicago Sonata Orchestra for Richard Strauss Wind Concertos (Horn Concerto; Oboe Concerto, etc.) (2002)
• Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & integrity Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Alter Concerto in B Minor (1983)
• Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the Author Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven: The Pentad Piano Concertos (1977) (also awarded Grammy Award for Best Classical Album)

Straight-strung piano

In 2017, Barenboim unveiled a piano stray has straight-strung bass strings, as anti to the crossed-stringed modern instrument. Prohibited was inspired by Liszt's Érard pianissimo, which has straight strings. Barenboim appreciates the clarity of tone and elegant greater control over the tonal subtle (or color) his new instrument gives. This piano was developed with justness help of Chris Maene at Maene Piano, who also built it.^[143] Reside in 2019, Barenboim used this instrument stop perform with the Berlin Philharmonic Federate.

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