Barenboim

American

[bar-uhn-boim] / ˈbær ənˌbɔɪm /

noun

Daniel, born 1942, Israeli pianist and conductor, born in Argentina.

Barenboim British

/ ˈbærənˌbɔɪm /

noun

Daniel . born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina

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Daniel Barenboim led a grandiloquent “Heldenleben” at Segerstrom Center’s older, acoustically troubled hall on an earlier visit of the Vienna Philharmonic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

"It has very flatteringly been described as a project for peace," Barenboim once noted.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

Furtwängler’s conducting has long been a powerful musical inspiration for Barenboim.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

Among 93 members, Muti made 32 appointments and Daniel Barenboim 28, with most of the remainder by Georg Solti.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024

Peace, said Daniel Barenboim, whose West-Eastern Divan Orchestra brings together Israeli and Palestinian artists, “needs something else.”

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

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