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LucerneWest Eastern Divan Orchestra

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Dvořák, Mendelssohn
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim; Yo-Yo Ma

DortmundDaniel Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

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Schubert, Wagner, Beethoven
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim

ParisWest-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim

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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim

AmsterdamDaniel Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra: Beethoven and Schubert

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Schubert, Wagner, Beethoven
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim

ViennaWest-Eastern Divan Orchestra

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Schubert, Wagner, Beethoven
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim

WiesbadenClara-Jumi Kang / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim

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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim; Clara-Jumi Kang
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Joy and hope from Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra © Pete Woodhead
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are on fire with the joy of music-making to the delight of a very sympathetic and enthusiastic audience at London's Southbank Centre. 
*****
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Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan return to the BBC Proms

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra © BBC | Chris Christodoulou

Marking 25 years of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim returns to the Proms with violin legend Anne-Sophie Mutter. 

***11
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Clumsy Liszt, listless Berlioz from Barenboim and the Staatskapelle

Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin © Dieter Nagl, courtesy of Musikverein Wien
Some conductors get better with age, ripening like fine wines, but age wearies others. Daniel Barenboim’s decline is difficult to bear.

Don Giovanni laughs off his own death at Staatsoper Berlin

Finishing up their Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy with Don Giovanni, Daniel Barenboim and Vincent Huguet rely on mild punchlines and dignified tempi

***11
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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra shows its stars at the Salzburg Festival

Daniel Barenboim offered an unusually Germanic take on César Franck, while section leaders Michael Barenboim and Kian Soltani pulled double duty as soloists in Brahms' Double Concerto.
****1
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Daniel Barenboim steps in to conduct Brahms at Berlin Philharmonie

Replacing Mikko Franck at short notice, Barenboim joins Yefim Bronfman for a revised, all-Brahms programme.
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High performance: Kian Soltani on his Stradivari cello

Kian Soltani with his 1694 Stradivari cello © Marco Borggreve
One of only 60 surviving cellos by the Cremonese master, Kian Soltani’s ‘London, ex-Boccherini’ cello is reunited with many other Stradavari instruments at J & A Beare’s Chamber Music Festival in December.

Mecca for Mahlerians: Amsterdam Mahler Festival 2025

Mahler Festival outdoor concerts on Museumplein © Jacob van der Vlugt
This May, the world’s leading orchestras and soloists gather in Amsterdam for a grand celebration of all things Mahler – a city the composer described as his “second musical homeland”.

Daniel Barenboim announces Parkinson’s diagnosis

Daniel Barenboim speaks at the United Nations © UN Photo | Jean-Marc Ferré
Tributes have flowed in after the conductor and pianist announced his diagnosis on Thursday: “I am planning to maintain as many of my professional commitments as my health permits.”