Anna Moffo
Background
Barenboim, Daniel was born on November 15, 1942 in Buenos Aires. Son of Enrique and Aida (Schuster) Barenboim.
Education
- Student, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria; Student, Accademia Chigiana, Siena, Italy; Graduate, Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1996; Doctor (honorary), Vrije University, Brussels, 2003; Doctor of Music (honorary), University Oxford, England, 2007; Doctor of Music (honorary), University London, 2008.
Career
- Director Israel Festival, 1971—1973. Music director L'Orchestre de Paris, 1975—1989, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1991—2006. General music director Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, 1992—2002.
Works
- Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society
- These free-wheeling, often exhilarating dialogues—which grew out of the acclaimed Carnegie Hall Talks—are an exchange between two of the most prominent figures in contemporary culture: Daniel Barenboim, internationally renowned conductor and pianist, and Edward W.
