Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim (Hebrew: דניאל בארנבוים; born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-born classical pianist and conductor based in Berlin. From 1992 until January 2023, Barenboim was the general music director of the Berlin State Opera and "Staatskapellmeister" of its orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin.Barenboim previously served as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and La Scala in Milan. Barenboim is 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.Barenboim has received many awards and prizes, including seven Grammy awards, an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, France's Legion of Honour as a Commander, Grand Officier and Grand Cross, and the German Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Barenboim has received more than 2,086,961 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Daniel Barenboim is the 4th most popular conductor (down from 2nd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Conductor.

Daniel Barenboim is a pianist, conductor, and composer. He is most famous for his work as a conductor and his work in the field of music.