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A Life in Music

A Life in Music

Revised and enlarged Edition

Hardback (12 Sep 2002)

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Publisher's 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780297646495
Publisher: ORION
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub date:
Edition: Revised and enlarged Edition
DEWEY: 780.92
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 246
Weight: 610g
Height: 244mm
Width: 167mm
Spine width: 95mm