The Argentine-Israeli musician Daniele Barenboim he will resume the baton, after several months of absence due to a neurological disease, on the occasion of the New Year’s Concert at the Staatsoper unter den Linden in Berlin, of which he is principal conductor.
In fact, there will be two gala evenings, tomorrow Saturday and Sunday, in which the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven.
absent since October
Barenboim, who turned 80 on November 15 away from the stage, announced in October the suspension of several scheduled concerts – including one for his birthday – after explaining through his Twitter account that he wanted to focus on his health.
In the same message, he also explained that he suffered from a “serious” neurological condition.
Before the cancellation of his 80th birthday concert, he had already suspended the premiere of a new one nibelung ring in the Staatsoper itself, the direction of which was then taken over by Christian Thielemann, who shares a passion for Richard Wagner with Barenboim.
New Year’s concert
Barenboim, born in Buenos Aires on November 15, 1942, he has been Chief Music Director of the Berlin State Opera since 1992 and his contract was recently extended until 2027.
In addition to his work at the head of the Staasoper, Barenboim is something of a “foster citizen” of Berlin and a moral authority for his fellow citizens, often influencing social or political debates, as well as being committed to a peaceful solution to the conflict from Middle East.
The return of Barenboim is a musical event for the Staatsoper and for the entire German capital.
Similarly, the Berlin Philharmonic’s New Year’s concert will have the rank of a musical and world event, under the direction of Kirill Petrenko and the tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who will perform arias by Giuseppe Verdi, among other Italian authors, as well as the Russian Piort Illya Chakovski. .
Tickets have been sold out for weeks. both at the Staatsoper and for the Philharmonic concert.
The latter, however, will be broadcast live in 275 cinemas in Germany and in various European countries, including Spain.
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Source: Clarin
