Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in the symphonies of Anton Bruckner. Holger Kettner hide caption
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 live at Carnegie Hall on February 3, 2013. Melanie Burford for NPR hide caption
Carnegie Hall Live: Daniel Barenboim Leads The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
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Daniel Barenboim And Members Of The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the ensemble made up of exciting young musicians from Israel, Palestine and across the Arab world. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Composer Elliott Carter, who died on Nov. 5 at age 103. Meredith Heuer/courtesy of Boosey & Hawkes hide caption
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein. Gerardo Antonio Sanchez Torres/courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim captured in a 2006 photo from Berlin. MIGUEL VILLAGRAN/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Nadja Michael as Medea at Belgium's La Monnaie Theater.
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Tannhauser's time in a den of sensual pleasures sends him on a pilgrimage to redeem his soul. Wikimedia Commons hide caption
Tannhauser: Overture
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