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A Life in Music

A Life in Music

by Daniel Barenboim (Author)

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    Hardcover 2002

    $3.60
Synopsis

A LIFE IN MUSIC reviews five decades of the rich and uniquely varied musical life of Daniel Barenboim. A child prodigy as a pianist and a virtuoso conductor of symphonies and opera, he has known and worked with many of the most distinguished and exciting musicians of the 20th century, including Rubinstein, Klemperer, Furtwangler, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez, Fischer-Dieskau, Pablo Casals and not least his own wife Jacqueline du Pre, among many others. He still insists on undertaking grand projects that only a madman or genius would contemplate', The Times noted in August 2001, and recent years have included his work at the annual Wagner Festival in Bayreuth; his involvement with the rebirth of the State Opera House in Berlin; taking over from George Solti's 22-year reign in Chicago; his summer festivals at Weimar in Germany where young Arab and Israelis can play music together; and his worldwide travels. He gives us his trenchant thoughts on Israel today, the problems facing young musicians and the changing world of music at the beginning of the 21st century.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Edition: 2nd Revised edition
 Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 12 Sep 2002
ISBN 10: 0297646494
ISBN 13: 9780297646495
Book Overview: Daniel Barenboim is a supremely gifted virtuoso, who was married to the celebrated cellist Jacqueline du Pre (the subject of the controversial 1999 film Hilary and Jackie ) Unlike so many child prodigies, Barenboim has never looked back and has always taken on new challenges Barenboim's championship of peaceful coexistence with the Palestinians is highly contentious, as is his insistence on playing Wagner in Israel Published to mark the author's 60th birthday (in November 2002)

Media Reviews
Serial ran in THE GUARDIAN on 6 September, and we have set a press date of 21 September. Daniel Barenboim will be in London on Tuesday 26 November and wewill be arranging one interview with him and he will also be signing some copies for Hatchards. Our first review in THE DAILY TELEGRAPH by the critic andenthusiast Rupert Christiansen is excellent: This is a highly stimulating book... a repository of wisdom, as rich in insight into great individuals whomBarenboim has encountered as it is in more general reflections on his art...his unshakeable integrity is hugely impressive, and there can be few books by performing artists that are so illuminating. Reviews and coverage in the mu
Author Bio
Daniel Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires in 1942 and made his piano debut there at the age of seven. His family moved to Israel in 1952. From the age of 14 he was malking appearances in London and across Europe and then all over the world. In 1967 he married the cellist Jacqueline du Pre (who died in 1987). In 1988 he married Elena Bashkirova. He was music director of the Paris Orchestra 1975-88, and he has been Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1991 and of the Berlin State Opera since 1992. Between international travels he divides his time between Berlin and Chicago.