Daniel Barenboim
(born November 15, 1942) is an Argentinian-born pianist and conductor. He lives in Berlin and holds citizenship in Argentina, Israel, and Spain. He also holds a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority. [1] Barenboim first came to prominence as a pianist but is now perhaps better known as a conductor. Barenboim is often considered to be one of the greatest pianists in both the 20th and 21st centuries, and has been central to bringing classical music to a much wider audience. [2]
He is also known for his work with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a Sevilla-based orchestra of young Arab and Jewish musicians that he co-founded with the late Palestinian-American scholar and activist Edward Said (whom Barenboim called his best friend).
Barenboim has been an outspoken critic of the Israeli settlements and of Israel's government since Rabin. He is also a supporter of Palestinian rights. In 2001, he sparked a controversy in Israel by conducting the music of Wagner in concert, as such a performance had not been staged in Israel since 1938 and was informally taboo.
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Biography
Career
Daniel Barenboim was born in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina. His grandparents were Russian
Ashkenazi Jews.
[3] He started piano lessons at the age of five with his mother, continuing to study with his father Enrique, who remained his only teacher. In August 1950, when he was only seven years old, he gave his first formal concert in Buenos Aires.
In 1952, the Barenboim family moved to
Israel. Two years later, in the summer of 1954, his parents brought him to
Salzburg to take part in
Igor Markevitch's conducting classes. During that summer he also met and played for
Wilhelm Furtwängler, who has remained a central musical influence and ideal for Barenboim.
[4] Furtwängler called the young Barenboim a "phenomenon" and invited him to perform the
Beethoven First Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic, but Barenboim's father told the maestro that it was too soon after the
Holocaust for a child of Jewish parents to be performing in Berlin.
In 1955 Barenboim studied
harmony and
composition with
Nadia Boulanger in Paris.
Barenboim made his debut as a pianist in
Vienna and Rome in 1952, Paris in 1955, London in 1956, and New York in 1957 under the baton of
Leopold Stokowski. Regular concert tours of Europe, the United States, South America, Australia and the Far East followed thereafter.
Barenboim made his first recording in 1954 and went on to record several complete cycles:
- the piano sonatas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- the piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven
- the piano concertos by Mozart, as both conductor and pianist
- the piano concertos of Beethoven, first with Otto Klemperer and later as conductor and pianist with the Berlin Philharmonic
- the piano concertos of Johannes Brahms, with John Barbirolli and Zubin Mehta
- the piano concertos of Béla Bartók, with Pierre Boulez
Following his debut as a conductor with the
Philharmonia Orchestra in London in 1967, Barenboim was invited to conduct by many European and American symphony orchestras. Between 1975 and 1989 he was music director of the
Orchestre de Paris, where he conducted much
contemporary music.
Barenboim made his opera conducting debut in 1973 with a performance of Mozart's
Don Giovanni
at the
Edinburgh Festival. He made his debut at
Bayreuth in 1981, conducting there regularly until 1999.
Barenboim served as
music director of the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1991 up to 17 June 2006. Barenboim expressed frustration with the need for fund-raising duties in the United States as part of being a music director of an American orchestra.
[5]
Barenboim, whose home is in Berlin, has been
music director of the
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
(Berlin State Opera) and the Berlin Staatskapelle since 1992. He has tried to maintain the orchestra's traditional East-Germanic sound and style. He has constantly worked to maintain the independent status of the Staatsoper.
[6] He now is conductor for life at the Berlin State Opera.
[7] On 15 May 2006 Barenboim was named principal guest conductor of the La Scala opera house, in Milan, Italy.
[8]
In 2006, Barenboim was the
BBC
Reith Lecturer, giving five lectures called 'In the Beginning was Sound' from London, Chicago, Berlin, and twice from Jerusalem in which he meditated on music, how it is created, one's experience of it, and its place in life.
[9] In the autumn of 2006, Barenboim gave the
Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at
Harvard University entitled 'Sound and Thought'.
[10]
In November 2006,
Lorin Maazel caused some controversy by submitting to the board of directors of the
New York Philharmonic (NYP) Barenboim's name as his nominee to succeed him as the NYP's music director.
[11] Barenboim, in turn, responded that while he was flattered, "nothing could be further from my thoughts at the moment than the possibility of returning to the United States for a permanent position."
[12] In January 2007, Barenboim further demurred on this question by generally stating his lack of interest in any United States music directorship, "at the moment."
[13] In April 2007, it was reported that Barenboim expressed no interest in either the New York Philharmonic's music directorship or their newly created principal conductor position.
[14]
In 2008 he was given the honour to conduct the world famous New Year Concert of the
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on the first of January 2009.
Barenboim made his conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for the House's 450th performance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde on November 28, 2008.
Marriages
In 1967 Daniel Barenboim married the renowned British cellist
Jacqueline du Pré at the Western Wall,
Jerusalem.
[15] The marriage lasted until her death from
multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1987. His friendship with musicians
Itzhak Perlman,
Zubin Mehta, and
Pinchas Zukerman, and marriage to du Pré led to the famous film by Christopher Nupen of their
Schubert "Trout" Quintet. Collectively, the five referred to themselves as The
Kosher Nostra.
[16]
After suffering confusing symptoms for more than a year, du Pré was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and retired from music in 1973. In the early 1980s, Barenboim began a relationship with the Russian pianist
Elena Bashkirova, with whom he had two sons born in Paris: David Arthur, born 1983, and
Michael Barenboim, born 1985. Both were born prior to du Pré's death in 1987. Barenboim tried to keep his relationship with Bashkirova hidden from du Pré and believes he succeeded. He and Bashkirova married in 1988. David is a manager-writer for the German hip-hop band Level 8, and Michael is a classical violinist.
Music
Daniel Barenboim is considered one of the most prominent musicians of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, as both pianist and conductor. He is noted for his mastery of conveying
musical structure, and for a deep sensitivity to
harmonic nuances.
In the beginning of his career, Barenboim gained widespread acceptance mainly as a pianist. He concentrated on music of the
classical era, as well as some
romantic composers. Notable classical recordings include: the complete cycles of
Mozart's and
Beethoven's piano
sonatas, and Mozart's piano
concertos (in the latter, taking part as both soloist and conductor). Notable Romantic recordings include:
Brahms's piano concertos (with
John Barbirolli),
Mendelssohn's
Lieder ohne Worte
, and
Chopin's
nocturnes. Barenboim also recorded many
chamber works, especially in collaboration with his first wife,
Jacqueline du Pré, the violinist
Itzhak Perlman, and the violinist and violist
Pinchas Zukerman. Noted performances include: the complete Mozart violin sonatas (with Perlman), Brahms's violin sonatas (live concert with Perlman, previously in the studio with Zukerman), Beethoven's and Brahms's cello sonatas (with du Pré), Beethoven's and
Tchaikovsky's piano
trios (with du Pré and Zukerman), and
Schubert's
Trout Quintet (with du Pré, Perlman, Zukerman, and
Zubin Mehta).
Notable recordings as a conductor include: the complete
symphonies of
Beethoven,
Brahms,
Bruckner and
Schumann, many
operas by
Wagner, and various concertos. Barenboim has written about his changing attitude to the music of
Gustav Mahler;
[17] he has recorded Mahler's Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Symphonies and
Das Lied von der Erde. He has also performed and recorded the
Concierto de Aranjuez by
Joaquín Rodrigo and
Heitor Villa-Lobos guitar concerto with
John Williams as the guitar soloist.
In his later years, Barenboim widened his concert repertoire, performing works by
baroque as well as
twentieth-century classical composers. Examples include:
Bach's
Well-Tempered Clavier (which he has played since childhood) and
Goldberg Variations,
Albeniz's
Iberia, and
Debussy's
preludes. In addition, he turned to other musical genres, such as
jazz,
[18] and the
folk music of his birthplace,
Argentina. He conducted the 2006 New Year's Eve concert in Buenos Aires, in which tangos were played.
[19]
Barenboim has rejected musical fashions based on current
musicological research, such as the
authentic performance movement (see quotation at the end of this paragraph). A notable example is his preference for some traditional practices, rather than fully adhering to
Bärenreiter's new edition (edited by
Jonathan Del Mar) of Beethoven's symphonies, in his recording of those works.
[20] Barenboim has opposed the practice of choosing the
tempo of a piece based on historical evidence, such as composer metronome marks. He argues instead for finding the tempo from within the music, especially from its
harmony and
harmonic rhythm. The general tempi chosen in his recording of Beethoven's symphonies, reflecting this belief, usually adhere to early twentieth-century tradition, and are not influenced by faster tempos chosen by other conductors such as
Roger Norrington and
David Zinman.
[21] In Barenboim's recording of the
Well-Tempered Clavier he makes frequent use of the right-foot sustaining
pedal, a device absent from the
keyboard instruments of Bach's time (although the harpsichord was highly resonant), producing a sonority very different from the "dry" and often staccato sound favored by the influential (and highly individual) pianist
Glenn Gould. Moreover, in the
fugues, one
voice is often played considerably louder than the others, a practice impossible on a
harpsichord, that according to some scholarship, began in Beethoven's time (see, for example, Matthew Dirst's book
The Iconic Bach
). Indeed, when justifying his interpretation of Bach, Barenboim claims that he is interested in the long tradition of playing Bach, that has existed for two and a half centuries, rather than in the exact style of performance that existed in Bach's time:
The study of old instruments and historic performance practice has taught us a great deal, but the main point, the impact of harmony, has been ignored. This is proved by the fact that tempo is described as an independent phenomenon. It is claimed that one of Bach's gavottes must be played fast and another one slowly. But tempo is not independent! ... I think that concerning oneself purely with historic performance practice and the attempt to reproduce the sound of older styles of music-making is limiting and no indication of progress. Mendelssohn and Schumann tried to introduce Bach into their own period, as did Liszt with his transcriptions and Busoni with his arrangements. In America Leopold Stokowski also tried to do it with his arrangements for orchestra. This was always the result of "progressive" efforts to bring Bach closer to the particular period. I have no philosophical problem with someone playing Bach and making it sound like Boulez. My problem is more with someone who tries to imitate the sound of that time... [22]
Barenboim has continued to perform and record chamber music, sometimes with members of the orchestras he has led. Some examples include the
Quartet for the End of Time by
Messaien with members of the
Orchestre de Paris during his tenure there,
Richard Strauss with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during his tenure there, and the Clarinet Trio of
Mozart with members of the Berlin Staatskapelle.
Daniel Barenboim conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's New Year's Day Concert 2009 in Der Musikverein, (http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/) He had a short message to the audience in which he stated: "Let's pray for human justice in the Middle East".
Conducting Wagner in Israel
On July 7, 2001, Barenboim led the
Berlin Staatskapelle in part of
Richard Wagner's opera
Tristan und Isolde
at the
Israel Festival in
Jerusalem. The concert sparked controversy. Wagner's music had been unofficially
taboo in Israel's concert halls (although recordings of it were widely purchased and listened to) since the
Kristallnacht in 1938, because of revulsion with the racial anti-Semitism that Wagner had espoused in print - which presaged and quite likely influenced Hitler. Previously the Palestine Philharmonic had performed Wagner's music. Barenboim had long opposed the ban, regarding it as reflecting what he calls a "diaspora" mentality that is no longer appropriate to Israel. In a conversation with
Edward Said (published in the book
Parallels and Paradoxes
) he says that "Wagner, the person, is absolutely appalling, despicable, and, in a way, very difficult to put together with the music he wrote, which so often has exactly the opposite kind of feelings ... noble, generous, etc." He calls Wagner's anti-Semitism obviously "monstrous", and feels it must be faced, and argues that "Wagner did not cause the Holocaust."
Barenboim originally had been scheduled to perform the first act of
Die Walküre
with three singers, including
tenor Plácido Domingo. However, strong protests by some
Holocaust survivors, as well as the
Israeli government, led the festival authorities to ask for an alternative program. (The Israel Festival's Public Advisory board, which included some Holocaust survivors, had originally approved the program.)
[23]
Barenboim agreed to substitute music by
Robert Schumann and
Igor Stravinsky for the offending piece, but expressed regret at the decision. At the end of the concert he announced that he would play Wagner as an encore and invited those who objected to hearing the music to leave, saying, "Despite what the Israel Festival believes, there are people sitting in the audience for whom Wagner does not spark Nazi associations. I respect those for whom these associations are oppressive. It will be democratic to play a Wagner encore for those who wish to hear it. I am turning to you now and asking whether I can play Wagner."
[24] [25] [26] [27] A half-hour debate ensued in
Hebrew in the hall, with some audience members calling Barenboim a "fascist." In the end, according to reports in the Israeli press, about 50 attendees walked out, and about 1000 remained, applauding loudly after the performance. (According to Israeli newspaper interviews, at least one who remained in attendance was a Holocaust survivor, again undermining the simple assertion that all survivors opposed the performance of Wagner in Israel.)
Barenboim regarded the performance of Wagner as a political statement, and said he had decided to defy the taboo on Wagner when a news conference he held the previous week was interrupted by the ringing of a mobile phone to the tune of Wagner's
Ride of the Valkyries
.
[28] "I thought if it can be heard on the ring of a telephone, why can't it be played in a concert hall?" he said.
Israel and Palestine
With respect to the Israel-Palestinean conflict, Barenboim has spoken about the need for both sides to begin to understand each other:
"There is no way Israel will deal with the Palestinians if the Palestinians do not understand the suffering of the Jewish people ... [N]ow fifty years after that we have to accept co-responsibility for Palestinian suffering. Until an Israeli leader is able to utter those words there will be no peace."
[29]
In an interview with British music critic
Norman Lebrecht in 2003, he accused the
Israeli government of behaving in a manner which was, "morally abhorrent and strategically wrong", and, "putting in danger the very existence of the state of Israel."
[30]
As a gesture of solidarity with the
Palestinians, Barenboim has given performances in the
West Bank. In one case he snuck into Ramallah under cover of night to give a piano recital, after the Israeli government had told him that it would not permit him to go there because conditions were too dangerous.
[31]
In 1999, Barenboim jointly founded the
West-Eastern Divan orchestra with the late Palestinian-American intellectual and humanist
Edward Said, who was a close friend.
[32] [33] It is an initiative to bring together, every summer, a group of talented young classical musicians from Israel and Arab countries.
[34] [35] [36] Barenboim and Said were among the recipients of the 2002
Prince of Asturias Awards for their work in "improving understanding between nations".
Barenboim wrote a book together with Said,
Parallels and Paradoxes
, based on a series of public discussions held at New York's
Carnegie Hall.
[37]
In September 2005, Barenboim refused to be interviewed by uniformed
Israel Army Radio reporter Dafna Arad, considering the wearing of the uniform insensitive to the
Palestinians present. Then Israeli Minister of Education,
Limor Livnat (
Likud), was quoted as describing Barenboim as "a real Jew hater" and "a real anti-semite".
[38]
In December 2007, Barenboim and a group of some 20 musicians from England, the
United States, France and Germany, and one Palestinian were scheduled to play a
baroque music concert in
Gaza.
[39] Although they had received authorization from Israeli authorities, the Palestinian was stopped at the Israel-Gaza border and told that he needed individual permission to enter.
The group waited seven hours at the border, and then canceled the concert in
solidarity.
Barenboim commented: "A baroque music concert in a Roman Catholic church in Gaza - as we all know - has nothing to do with security and would bring so much joy to people who live there in great difficulty."
On January 12, 2008, after a concert in
Ramallah, he declared that he had accepted honorary Palestinian citizenship, in what he hopes will serve as a public gesture of peace.
[40] [41] [42]
I hope that my new status will be an example of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, I believe that the destinies of the Israeli people and the Palestinian people are inextricably linked.
Some Israelis have criticized Barenboim's decision to accept Palestinian citizenship. The leader of the
Shas party demanded that Barenboim be stripped of his Israeli citizenship.
[43]
In January 2008, the
UFO religion Raëlian Movement nominated Barenboim an "Honorary Guide" "for his actions towards more peace in the Middle East and for championing Palestinian's [sic] rights while being a citizen of Israel."
[44]. The group does not claim that Barenboim is a member or supporter, or that their "nomination" was made with his knowledge or approval.
In January 2009, during the Israeli action in
Gaza, Barenboim canceled two concerts of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in
Qatar and
Cairo "due to the escalating violence in Gaza and the resulting concerns for the musicians’ safety", according to the BBC.
[45]
Awards and recognitions
- Istanbul International Music Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009 [46]
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize, 2009 [47]
- Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, 2008 [48]
- Award for the Global Defence of Human Rights, 2008
- Goethe Medal, Praemium Imperiale, 2007
- Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur, 2007 [49]
- Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal, 2004
- Wolf Prize in Arts, 2004 (According to the documentary "Knowledge Is the Beginning", Barenboim donated all the proceeds to music education for Israeli and Palestinian youth)
- Wilhelm Furtwängler Prize, 2003 (with Staatskapelle Berlin)
- Tolerance Prize, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, 2002
- Prince of Asturias Awards, 2002 (jointly with Edward Said)
- Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz, 2002
;
Honorary degrees
- Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1996
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2003
- Doctor of Music - D.Mus., University of Oxford, 2007
- Doctor of Music - D.Mus., SOAS, University of London, 2008
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 Berlin for Wagner: Tannhäuser
(2003)
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
:
- Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano, Hansjörg Schellenberger & the Berlin Philharmonic for Beethoven/Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin)
(1995)
- Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman for Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas
(1991)
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
:
- Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Corigliano: Symphony No. 1
(1992)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
:
- Martin Fouqué (producer), Eberhard Sengpiel (engineer), Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Klein, David McGill & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Richard Strauss Wind Concertos (Horn Concerto; Oboe Concerto, etc.)
(2002)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
:
- Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor
(1983)
- Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Arthur Rubinstein & the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
(1977) (also awarded Grammy Award for Best Classical Album)
Wolf Prize
In May 2004, Barenboim was awarded the
Wolf Prize at a ceremony at the Israeli
Knesset. Education Minister Livnat originally held up the nomination until Barenboim apologized for his earlier performance of Wagner in Israel.
[50] He took the opportunity to express his opinions on the political situation, referring to the
Israeli 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 and what was fulfilled, the gap between the idea and the realities of Israel? Does the condition of occupation and domination over another people fit the Declaration of Independence? Is there any sense in the independence of one at the expense of the fundamental rights of the other? Can the Jewish people whose history is a record of continued suffering and relentless persecution, allow themselves to be indifferent to the rights and suffering of a neighboring people? Can the State of Israel allow itself an unrealistic dream of an ideological end to the conflict instead of pursuing a pragmatic, humanitarian one based on social justice?" [51]
Education Minister Livnat and Israeli President
Moshe Katsav criticized Barenboim for his speech.
[52]
Later, in March 2007, the
New York Times
quoted Barenboim as saying, "The whole subject of Wagner in Israel has been politicized and is a symptom of a malaise that goes very deep in Israeli society, a malaise that is also a result of being an occupying power for 40 years. I don’t believe that this is something that one can do and not feel an effect upon oneself. I think that the occupation is morally abhorrent. I don’t think any country has a right to occupy another, and certainly not we, the Jewish people, with our history."
[53]
References
- http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=944235&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1
- Daniel Barenboim brings Beethoven to a wider audience
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jul/13/classicalmusicandopera.culture
- Daniel Barenboim, "Why Wilhelm Furtwängler Still Moves Us Today". Entry from Barenboim's blog, translated from an article originally published in ''Der Tagesspiegel'', November 2004.
- My affair? I don't think Jackie knew
- Barenboim in battle to save Berlin opera house
- Goodbye Chicago, hello world
- Barenboim to be La Scala's guest
- Daniel in the circus lions' den
- Ideas, Appassionato
- Unprompted, Lorin Maazel Nominates His Successor
- Proposed Philharmonic Candidate Is Flattered, if Coy
- Musing on the Barenboim X-Factor
- Daniel J. Wakin, "Philharmonic to Add a Position at the Top". ''New York Times'', 25 April 2007.
- The maestro and his demons
- Why make war when you can make music?
- Daniel Barenboim, "Love, the hard way". ''The Guardian'', 31 August 2001.
- Stephen Moss, "Daniel in the lion's den". ''The Guardian'', 22 October 1999.
- Article in Argentinian newspaper "Clarín", 31-12-2006 (in spanish)
- Barenboim's liner notes for his recording of Beethoven's symphonies, Teldec, ASIN B00004S1EV, 2000.
- Editorial review of Barenboim's recording of Beethoven's symphonies, Amazon.com
- ''Ich bin mit Bach aufgewachsen'' ("I was reared on Bach"), Barenboim's liner notes for his recordings of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Translated by Gery Bramall.
- Ohad Gozani, "Israeli battle over Wagner". ''Telegraph'', 5 June 2001.
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- Inigo Gilmore, "Barenboim shatters Israel taboo on Wagner". ''Telegraph'', 9 July 2001.
- Daniel Barenboim, "Those who want to leave, do so". ''The Guardian'', 6 September 2002.
- Will Hodgkinson, "Orchestral manoeuvres". ''The Guardian'', 13 August 2004.
- John Whitley, "Barenboim the taboo-breaker". ''Telegraph'', 25 August 2001.
- Luke Harding interview with Daniel Barenboim, 'Europe has to take the initiative now'. ''The Guardian'', 30 November 2004.
- Norman Lebrecht, "Daniel Barenboim - Playing Politics". ''La Scena Musicale'', 3 December 2003
- Jonathan Steele (with Reuters), "Barenboim defies Israeli opinion". ''The Guardian'', 11 September 2002
- Suzie Mackenzie, "In harmony". ''The Guardian'', 5 April 2003
- Daniel Barenboim, "Sound and vision". ''The Guardian'', 25 October 2004
- Martin Kettle, "Everything to play for". ''The Guardian'', 4 August 2001
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- Avi Shlaim, "Playing for peace". ''New Statesman'', 31 October 2005
- Michael Kennedy, "A duet for solo voice". ''Telegraph'', 23 February 2003
- Conductor Barenboim in radio row
- Conductor Barenboim slams Israel after musician barred from entering Gaza
- Israeli Conductor Accepts Honorary Palestinian Citizenship
- Israeli pianist Daniel Barenboim takes Palestinian citizenship, ''Haaretz'', January 15, 2008
- Palestinians honour Barenboim
- Independent Catholic News, 2008
- Conductor Daniel Barenboim Honorary Guide of the Raelian Movement
- NY Times article
- 37th International Istanbul Music Festival ends
- Årets-Næste prismodtager Daniel Barenboim, pianist og dirigent
- Gold Medal for Daniel Barenboim
- President Chirac's Speech on 2007-03-25 (in french only)
- Ohad Gozani, "Barenboim changes tune". ''Telegraph'', 17 December 2003.
- Daniel Barenboim, "The Statement of Daniel Barenboim on May 9th 2004 at the Knesset On the Occasion of Receiving the Wolf Prize."
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