Barenboim concert for 'Arab capital' Jerusalem

Maestro Daniel Barenboim brought his troupe of young Arab and Israeli classical musicians to Geneva on Friday for a concert dedicated to the late Palestinian-American academic Edward Said and the contentious choice of Jerusalem as this year's "Arab Cultural Capital."

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Israeli conductor Barenboim gets ovation in Egypt

Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim stirred a sold out Cairo Opera House Thursday with a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, drawing ovations in his first visit to Egypt.

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Arab-Israeli orchestra stops shows in Qatar, Egypt

Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and his orchestra of Arab and Israeli musicians have canceled performances in the Middle East this weekend because of fighting between Israel and Hamas, he said Tuesday.

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Barenboim: Violence won't resolve Mideast conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be resolved militarily, conductor Daniel Barenboim said Monday.

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Barenboim leads passionate "Tristan" in Met debut

Each time the Metropolitan Opera performed Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" last season the big question was who would show up in the title roles. This season, both lead singers are new to their parts at the Met — and both went on as scheduled for the opening. The real news was in the pit.

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Daniel Barenboim set for Metropolitan Opera debut

For Daniel Barenboim, music and politics meld together.

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Barenboim Becomes Palestinian Citizen

The conductor Daniel Barenboim, already a contentious figure among fellow Israelis for championing Palestinians' rights and the works of Hitler's favorite composer, has accepted honorary Palestinian citizenship.

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Wagner Opera to Be Performed in Berlin

An opera by Richard Wagner — whose music and anti-Semitic writings influenced Adolf Hitler — will be performed at an open-air theater built under the Nazis by an orchestra made up of Israeli and Arab musicians conducted by a Jew.

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Berlin, Germany: Daniel Barenboim, the acclaimed classical pianist/conductor of Argentinian birth and Israel citizenship (but resides in Berlin), made a plea for a new "Marshall Plan" under German leadership to rebuild the damaged infrastructure in the Gaza Strip as he accepted …

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It all began with a declaration by the conductor, Daniel Barenboim - a slightly hasty declaration, as he admitted later - that he would establish a Palestinian classical youth orchestra.

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Barenboim: always more interesting than I remember!"I know people will say I'm just a naive musician and that I am making empty gestures that won't change anything in the Middle East," he said."But what about those who believe that dropping bombs and firing rockets are the solu …

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