Barenboim biography
Barenboim biography
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Timeline
Childhood
1942-1965
Childhood
1942-1965
1942
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Jewish Russian immigrant parents
1947
Starts piano lessons with his mother and continues to study with his father, who remains his only other teacher
1950
Buenos Aires: Piano debut; Vienna: Plays in and observes Igor Markevich’s conducting class; Family settles in Israel
1954
Salzburg: becomes youngest member of Igor Markevich’s conducting master classes; Meets and plays for Wilhelm Furtwängler, who invites DB to attend his rehearsals of Don Giovanni and to perform with him and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Furtwängler’s statement “the eleven-year-old Barenboim is a phenomenon …” helped the young pianist to quickly establish himself.
1955-56
Paris: Studies with Nadia Boulanger; Makes Paris debut (with André Cluytens/ Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire/Mozart K271); Plays for Arthur Rubinstein; Meets L