About Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Moses Barenboim is an Argentinian-born classical pianist and conductor with Spanish, Israeli 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.
Notable works:
A Life in Music
Awards:
Goethe Medal|Ernst von Siemens Music Prize|Berliner Bär|Wolf Prize in Arts|Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau|Classic Brit Awards|honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel|diamond Konex award|Urania Medal|Echo Klassik – Conductor of the Year|Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights|Grammy Awards|Praemium Imperiale|Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal|Otto Hahn Peace Medal|Herbert von Karajan Music Prize|Léonie Sonning Music Prize|Konrad Adenauer Award|Dresden Prize|Ernst Reuter Medal|Peace Prize of Hesse|Marion Dönhoff Award|Princess of Asturias Award for Concord|Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour|Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order|honorary citizen of Berlin|Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts|Prize Franco Abbiati Italian Music|Hans von Bülow Medal|Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires trolazo|Commander of the Legion of Honour|Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour|Gold Goethe medal|Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal|honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem|Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit|Kulturgroschen|Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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