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Barenboim raises a hand with his Berlin Staatskapelle. (Photo: bbc.co.uk) Three days into the Proms and it's already clear that the...

We're coming to the end of an insane year. Everything is polarised to lunatic fringe extremes, leaving the sensible, grown-up centre vac...

This is probably the most astonishing performance of Beethoven's 'Appassionata' Sonata that I've ever heard. Barenboim w...

Daniel Barenboim, speaking to reporters ahead of conducting a concert by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the United Nations in Geneva l...

Let's continue the Barenboimfest. In case you missed this the other night - well, it's strong stuff and he says it better than anybo...

Barenboim in concert at the RFH. Photo: Chris Christodoulou Yes, it's him again. Them. Barenboim and that piano. I reviewed the fina...

I was kind of underwhelmed by Barenboim's approach to Schubert yesterday, sorry to say. But his bespoke piano sounds terrific. Here...

Astonishing news this morning that Daniel Barenboim will be playing his Royal Festival Hall Schubert series on a brand-new piano that he con...

...And while I continued to hunt for Barenboim playing Schubert, after I found the two-pianos trailer with Argerich, I then found him in a s...

I was hunting for film of Daniel Barenboim playing Schubert, when I came across this trailer for a new release featuring him and Martha Arge...

1. It was a great honour that this year I was asked to be on the jury. I was only able to emerge around Christmas from underneath the bigges...

So last night, here in Munich, I heard Don Carlo with Jonas Kaufmann sounding perhaps the best I've ever heard him (and you know how ...

Here's my write-up for the Indy of last night at the Proms , where things are turning seriously steamy in the Ring. A slightly less pa...

As a techno-twit, I've been trying to get my head around the dizzying digital heights of the Bristol Proms. Fascinating chats with Tom M...

You'll need sandiwches, water, strong shoes and even stronger legs - those operas are loooong - but where else in the world can you go t...

[First of all, wanted to let you know that I'm on BBC Radio 3's IN TUNE today between 5 and 5.30pm, talking about the Royal Philharm...

In just three and a half minutes, this inspiring video proves to us that the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra is more than just an orchestra, ...

It wouldn't surprise me. While the killing continues in the Middle East, he's founding a college in Berlin based on the West-Eas...

Yesterday I mentioned the syndrome of "Heifetz Face" - the directing of energy into the music rather than into emoting or histrion...

Here's my review for The Independent of the last night of Barenboim & the WEDO's Beethoven cycle, head to head with the Olympic ...