80 minutes with the great Daniel Barenboim

A compilation in honor of the living legend’s 80th birthday Subscribe to our channel for more videos: “Music is not work for him, otherwise he would have stopped long ago,” said the great Anne-Sophie Mutter in a recent New York Times article about legendary pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim. “It’s just his life. He is music. And expressing himself through music is second nature.” It is all but impossible to imagine how different the landscape of classical music would be in 2022 without the decades-long influence of Barenboim, a child prodigy who grew into an uncommonly thoughtful, gregarious, passionate, and politically invested artist. In addition to his rigorous and riveting pianistic technique that has seen him travel the world as a concert artist in solo, chamber, and orchestral repertoire, he has also been one of the world’s most respected and beloved conductors for over 50 years, taking up prestigious long-term posts with the