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Daniel Barenboim Quotes

Argentinian - Musician | November 15, 1942 -

I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.

Daniel Barenboim

Education Music World Over Complete

It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.

Daniel Barenboim

Life Knowledge Interesting Sometimes

Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.

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Nature Music Harmony Structure Been

When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.

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Music Peace Unique Achieve Possible

The greatness of a musician is measured by the degree of fanaticism he brings to his playing.

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Greatness Degree Playing Measured He

In Arab culture, music is for celebration. You don't play music at funerals.

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Music Culture You Play Celebration

The Iranian government still denies the Holocaust - so you can't take them seriously. And the Israeli government spreads rumours and disinformation about Iran - because it needs to for the creation of panic. I find these theological states - and in this respect, Israel and Iran are twin brothers - very, very dangerous.

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Respect Government You Find Creation

I have loved Elliott Carter's music for many years.

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Music Loved Years Many Carter

When you get to be 103, modernism is a very wide concept.

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You Modernism Get Concept Wide Very

The problem with listening to music today is that there's so much of it everywhere. We've got used to hearing music without actually listening to it.

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Music Today Listening Problem Used

I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.

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Music Unfair Director Two Cannot La

I used to conduct the last opera in Berlin on Sunday, get on a plane on Monday to Chicago, and start a rehearsal that same night, if it was a performance week.

Daniel Barenboim

Monday Night Performance Start Week

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