Daniel Barenboim, KBE (born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-born pianist and conductor. He has served as music director of several major symphonic and operatic orchestras and made numerous recordings. Currently, he is general music director of La Scala in Milan, the Berlin State Opera, and the Staatskapelle Berlin; he previously served as Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre de Paris.
The Staatskapelle Berlin is the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera (Berliner Staatsoper Unter den Linden). Its music director, the Staatskapellmeister, is that of the Berlin State Opera, currently Daniel Barenboim.
Daniel Barenboim (born November 15, 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a pianist and conductor. He lives in Berlin and holds citizenship in Argentina, Israel, Spain and Palestine.Barenboim first came to fame as a pianist but now is as well-known as a conductor, for marrying Jacqueline du Pré and for his work with an orchestra of young Arab and Jewish musicians...