Quotes by Daniel Barenboim

About Daniel Barenboim:

Daniel Barenboim is an Argentine pianist and conductor. Currently, he is general music director of La Scala in Milan, the Berlin State Opera, and the Staatskapelle Berlin; he previously served as Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre de Paris. Barenboim is also known for his work with the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, a Seville-based orchestra of young Arab and Israeli musicians, and as a resolute critic of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.

Daniel Barenboim

I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town.

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What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day.

Daniel Barenboim

In my mother's belly, I remember not liking the tempi my father played the Beethoven Sonatas in.

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I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she dies.

Daniel Barenboim

Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.

Daniel Barenboim

I have music in my brain all the time, all sorts.

Daniel Barenboim

An hour of violin lessons in Berlin is an hour where you get the child interested in music. An hour in a violin lesson in Palestine is an hour away from violence, is an hour away from fundamentalism.

Daniel Barenboim

Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.

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When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.

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The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics.

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Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of moral behaviour and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.

Daniel Barenboim

Author Bio

  • NameDaniel Barenboim
  • DescriptionIsraeli Argentine-born pianist and conductor
  • BornNovember 15, 1942
  • CountryArgentina; Israel; Spain; Palestine
  • ProfessionPianist; Conductor
  • AwardsGrand Officer Of The Legion Of Honour; Knight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Grand Order Of Merit With Star And Shoulder-Sash; Ernst Reuter Medal; Bruno Kreisky Award; Princess Of Asturias Award - Concord; Wolf Prize; Praemium Imperiale; Léonie Sonning Music Prize