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Daniel Barenboim

1942 - Today

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Daniel Moses Barenboim (Hebrew: דניאל בארנבוים; born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-Israeli classical pianist and conductor based in Berlin, who also has Spanish and Palestinian citizenship. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Barenboim has received more than 2,236,831 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.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Daniel Barenboim ranks 4 out of 128. Before him are Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, and Arturo Toscanini. After him are Wilhelm Furtwängler, Zubin Mehta, Sergiu Celibidache, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Karl Böhm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Daniel Barenboim ranks 25. Before him are Barbra Streisand, Brian Wilson, Ronnie James Dio, John Wayne Gacy, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, and Ted Kaczynski. After him are Brian Jones, Calvin Klein, Michael Haneke, Alassane Ouattara, Werner Herzog, and Javier Solana.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Daniel Barenboim ranks 15 out of 1,154. Before him are Juan Manuel Fangio (1911), Lionel Messi (1987), Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), Martha Argerich (1941), and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953). After him are José de San Martín (1778), Omar Sívori (1935), Mario Kempes (1954), Carlos Menem (1930), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), and Héctor Cúper (1955).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Argentina

Among conductors born in Argentina, Daniel Barenboim ranks 1. 

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