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Daniel Barenboim

Acting • 1942-11-15 • Buenos Aires, Argentina

Daniel Barenboim is an Argentine-Israeli pianist and conductor who is a citizen of Argentina, Israel, Palestine, and Spain. He is the general music director of the Berlin State Opera, and the Staatskapelle Berlin; he 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. He has won seven Grammy awards for his work and discography. Barenboim is a polyglot, fluent in Spanish, Hebrew, English, French, Italian, and German. The music conductor is a citizenship of Argentina, Israel, Palestine, and Spain. Barenboim currently lives in Berlin.

Known For

Chopin: The Warsaw Recital - Daniel Barenboim

Chopin: The Warsaw Recital - Daniel Barenboim

2011

Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim

Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim

Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen

1994

Berliner Philharmoniker - Waldbühne: Latin American Night

Berliner Philharmoniker - Waldbühne: Latin American Night

1998

BBC Proms 2016: Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

BBC Proms 2016: Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

2018

Europakonzert 2010 from Oxford

Europakonzert 2010 from Oxford

2010

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Filmography

2025
Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in Buenos Aires - Great Moments of MusicFilm
2025
Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim à Buenos Aires - Le DocumentaireFilm
2025
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and TragedyFilm
Self
2024
The Legacy of Sergiu Celibidache with Münchner PhilharmonikerFilm
Pianist
2023
Anne-Sophie Mutter - VivaceFilm
Self
2022
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim & Lang Lang: De Falla and RavelFilm
2022
New Year's Concert 2022Film
Conductor
2022
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of AuschwitzFilm
Self
2021
Great MindsTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 5.2
2021
Le Nozze di Fogaro - Staatsoper BerlinFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 5.0
2021
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim @ Salzburg Festival 2021Film
2021
Daniel Barenboim: In his Own WordsFilm
Self
2021
Geburtstagskonzert für Zubin Mehta zum 85. - Aus der Staatsoper BerlinFilm
Self - piano
2020
250 Jahre Ludwig van Beethoven - Das Jubiläumskonzert aus der Oper BonnFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 5.0
2020
Barenboim: The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas at Pierre Boulez Saal, BerlinTV
Self • 31 episodes
2020
Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger FestspieleFilm
Self
2020
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7Film
2020
Festkonzert "450 Jahre Staatskapelle Berlin"Film
2020
Beethoven intimeFilm
Self
2020
Concert Privé chez Daniel BarenboimFilm
Self - Piano
2019
Cecilia Bartoli & FriendsFilm
self
★ 6.0
2019
Jenseits der Musik - Die Barenboim-Said AkademieFilm
Self
2018
Music, War and RevolutionTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 9.0
2018
Tristan und IsoldeFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 8.0
2018
Medée - Staatsoper BerlinFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 7.0
2018
BBC Proms 2016: Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan OrchestraFilm
Conductor
2018
Music and PowerFilm
Self
2018
New Year's Eve Concert 2018 - Berlin PhilharmonicFilm
Self
2018
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2018Film
Self - Conductor
2017
Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's FaustFilm
Self (conductor)
2017
Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond WordsFilm
Self
2017
Pierre Boulez: Sur IncisesFilm
2015
ParsifalFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 4.0
2014
Così fan tutte - Teatro alla Scala di MilanoFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 9.0
2014
New Year's Concert 2014Film
Self
★ 8.0
2014
Beethoven · FidelioFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 8.0
2014
TannhäuserFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 7.0
2014
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8Film
Self - Conductor
2014
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6Film
Self - Conductor
2014
Europakonzert 2014 from BerlinFilm
Conductor
2014
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7Film
Self - Conductor
2013
Il Trovatore - Staatsoper BerlinFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 7.7
2013
Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Teatro alla ScalaFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 3.5
2013
Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday ConcertFilm
Self
2012
Beethoven: The Complete Piano SonatasFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2012
Mozart - Berliner Philharmoniker - Radek Baborák - Daniel BarenboimFilm
Self
2012
Do or Die: Lang Lang's StoryFilm
Self - Pianist and Conductor
2012
Beethoven Symphonies 1-9: Daniel Barenboim West-Eastern Divan OrchestraFilm
Self
2012
Barenboim on Beethoven: Nine Symphonies that Changed the WorldFilm
Self
2012
Barenboim plays MozartFilm
Self
2011
Dudamel: El sonido de los ninosFilm
Self
★ 5.1
2011
Liszt: Piano Concertos - Barenboim, Boulez, Staatskapelle BerlinFilm
Self - Pianist
★ 9.0
2011
Chopin: The Warsaw Recital - Daniel BarenboimFilm
Soloist
★ 8.5
2011
Günther JauchTV
Self • 1 episodes
2011
Daniel Barenboim & Sergiu Celibidache: Schumann, Piano Concerto / Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1Film
Self - Pianist
2011
Variations - Daniel Barenboim/Yefim Bronfman/Andras SchiffFilm
Self - Pianist
2011
Daniel Barenboim plays Brahms: Piano ConcertosFilm
Self - Pianist
2011
Barenboim dirige Concierto por EuropaFilm
Self - Conductor
2011
Salzburg Festival Opening ConcertFilm
Self - Conductor/Pianist
2011
Chopin: The Chopin Piano ConcertosFilm
Self - Piano
2011
Daniel Barenboim conducts Mahler: Symphony No. 9Film
Self - Conductor
2010
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4Film
Self - Conductor
★ 6.0
2010
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5Film
Self - Conductor
2010
Europakonzert 2010 from OxfordFilm
Conductor
2010
Bruckner Symphony No. 9Film
Self - Conductor
2010
Barenboim The Warsaw RecitalFilm
Self
2009
New Year's Concert 2009Film
Self
★ 8.0
2009
The GamblerFilm
Self
2008
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within meFilm
Self
2007
ManonFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 8.5
2007
Daniel Barenboim: Beethoven - Piano Concertos 1-5Film
Self
★ 6.5
2007
Barenboim on Beethoven - The Complete Piano Sonatas Live from BerlinFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2007
Tango Argentina - Live from Buenos AiresFilm
Conductor
2007
Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machenFilm
Self
2007
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary ConcertFilm
Self
2007
Barenboim on Beethoven: MasterclassFilm
Self
2006
Out of Place: Memories of Edward SaidFilm
Self
★ 6.3
2006
Daniel Barenboim: Falla / Debussy / Boulez (Live from the MusikTriennale Koln)Film
Conductor
2006
Europakonzert 2006 from PragueFilm
Conductor
2005
Knowledge Is the BeginningFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2004
The Culture ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
2004
KulturplatzTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
2004
A Labyrinth of TimeFilm
self
★ 7.0
2004
We Want the LightFilm
Self
2004
Europakonzert 2004 from AthensFilm
Pianist
2003
ZIBBTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2003
Menschen bei MaischbergerTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2003
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & PianoFilm
Self (pianist and conductor)
2001
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2001Film
Self - Conductor
2000
Sibelius - Violin Concerto / De Falla - Nights in the Gardens of SpainFilm
Self
1999
The Art of Piano - Great Pianists of 20th CenturyFilm
Self
★ 9.3
1998
Sabine ChristiansenTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 10.0
1998
Sternstunde PhilosophieTV
Self • 1 episodes
1998
Berliner Philharmoniker - Waldbühne: Latin American NightFilm
Conductor
1998
In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return HomeFilm
Self
1997
Wären nicht die FrauenFilm
1997
Europakonzert 1997 from VersaillesFilm
Conductor
1996
Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitudeFilm
Self(Conductor of 'Don Giovanni')
★ 10.0
1996
The Transformation of the World Into MusicFilm
Self
★ 8.3
1996
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the MusicFilm
Self
★ 10.0
1995
Tristan und IsoldeFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 8.0
1995
Halb 12TV
Self • 1 episodes
1995
Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Choral FantasyFilm
Self
1994
WozzeckFilm
Self - Conductor
★ 8.5
1994
Europakonzert 1994 from MeiningenFilm
Pianist
1994
The Greatest Love and the Greatest SorrowFilm
Self
1994
European Concert 1994Film
Self - Pianist
1992
ECHO-VerleihungTV
Self • 1 episodes
1992
ParsifalFilm
Conductor
1992
Europakonzert 1992 from MadridFilm
Conductor
1992
Beethoven/Brahms - Violin Concertos (Perlman, Barenboim)Film
Self
1991
Daniel Barenboim, Sir Georg Solti, András Schiff - Mozart concertos for 2 & 3 pianosFilm
Self
1990
Das Konzert - November 1989Film
Self
1989
ZDF-MittagsmagazinTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1989
Mozart Last 8 Piano Concertos (Daniel Barenboim)Film
Self - Pianist/Conductor
1989
Das MauerkonzertFilm
Self
1985
Victoires de la musiqueTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 3.3
1981
Berlioz, Te DeumFilm
Self - conductor
1979
NDR Talk ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1978
The South Bank ShowTV
★ 5.6
1974
3 nach 9TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1972
Le Grand ÉchiquierTV
Self - Main Guest • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1972
Le Grand ÉchiquierTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1971
Great PerformancesTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.1
1970
The TroutFilm
Self - Pianist
★ 7.0
1970
The GhostFilm
Pianist
1966
Double ConcertoFilm
Himself