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Daniel Barenboim, pianist and conductor, UN messenger of peace
Berlin, Germany
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About the Artwork
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (1999 founded by Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said); Musicians from Israel, the autonomous Palaestinean zone, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Spain.
Daniel Barenboim, pianist and conductor, UN messenger of peace
"Before a Beethoven Symphony we are all equal. Whether we come from Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Turkey, or Syria, we must approach the music with the same humility, curiosity, knowledge and passion. The attitude we must have towards the music forces us to develop the reason and conscience correctly presumed by the first article of the United Nations’ declaration to be inherent in human nature."
THE WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA AT THE UNITED NATIONS, 15.12.2008 © 2009 Daniel Barenboim Musicians at a repetition in Salzburg, at the occasion of a tour in the year 2007 with their conductor D. Barenboim. - Photo: akg-images / Marion Kalter
Links to webpage(s):
https://west-eastern-divan.org
https://www.facebook.com/WestEasternDivanOrchestra
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About the Artist(s)
Barenboim, Daniel; Berlin, pianist and conductor; born 15.11.1942 in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Photo, Paris, 2003 akg-images / Marion Kalter
Besides his career as a pianist and a conductor, Daniel Barenboim, born in Argentina to parents of Jewish Russian descent, accomplished numerous educational projects and committed himself to musical education in nursery schools in Berlin, Ramallah and Seville. Together with Edward Said, he founded in 1999 the «West-Eastern Divan Orchestra» in Palestine. It is a youth orchestra based in Seville in Spain, consisting of musicians from countries in the Middle East of Egyptian, Iranian, Israeli, Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian backgrounds. He proved by this achievement that it was possible, thanks to the power of art, to develop a dialogue between hostile parties like the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Links to webpage: http://www.danielbarenboim.com/