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Daniel Barenboim

Argentinian Musician

Born: Nov 15, 1942

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Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism. Daniel Barenboim

Life Music Way Much Requires Profession Professionalism

When we talk about music, we talk about our reaction to it. One person might say that music is so poetic, while another says it's all mathematics. Yet another might say it's about sensuality, and so on. That's all true. But music is not just one of these things. It's everything all at once. Daniel Barenboim

'Tristan' is a very unique case, not just in Wagner's output, but in music in general. It remains contemporary no matter what else surrounds it. There is something self-renewing about it. Daniel Barenboim

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You have to really have the will to hang onto the first note as it is being played, and then really stay with it and take the flight, as it were, you know, for the duration of the piece. Daniel Barenboim

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Every note is a lifetime for itself. Daniel Barenboim

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People need to have enough to eat and have work and money. But there are other things that are important. Daniel Barenboim

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The historical importance of a composer does not always go hand in hand with the quality of their work. Daniel Barenboim

Work Quality Composer Importance Does Always Go Hand Hand-In-Hand Historical

On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century. Daniel Barenboim

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For me personally, Elliott Carter was and remains one of the most meaningful composers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries because he represents substance. He was the living proof of uncompromising, complex music, which at first seems inaccessible. But it becomes accessible if one digs in and sees the development through. Daniel Barenboim

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I am convinced that 100 years from now, people will talk about Elliott Carter as one of the most important figures in the second half of 20th-century music. Daniel Barenboim

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There are many wonderful orchestras in the world, but very few who have a character or personality of their own. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is one of them, and I think it very important to recognize and respect that character. Daniel Barenboim

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There is too much employer-employee relationship in America. I wish the musicians would feel that many decisions have to do with them and not delegate everything to management or to the board or to the committee. This is why you get a sense of pride in some of the European orchestras: because they are part of the decision-making. Daniel Barenboim

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What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day. Daniel Barenboim

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When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace. Daniel Barenboim

Music Peace Achieve Sense Possible Unique Playing

When you get to be 103, modernism is a very wide concept. Daniel Barenboim

You Concept Very Get Modernism Wide

Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective. Daniel Barenboim

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Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict. Daniel Barenboim

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To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations. Daniel Barenboim

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It's funny, because in 1970 I met the Beatles quite by a chance at a party. It was the Beethoven bicentenary, and I was then also playing the Beethoven Sonatas. And that's all they wanted to hear about - I wanted to talk about them, and all they wanted to talk about was Beethoven. Daniel Barenboim

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