“It is with a combination of pride and sadness that I am announcing today that I am stepping back from some of my acting activities, especially making commitments, for the next several months.” This is how the statement you just published begins Daniel Barenboim on their social networks.
The pianist and conductor born in Buenos Aires in 1942 —nationalized Spanish, Israeli and Palestinian— recounted the following: “My health has deteriorated in recent months, and I have been diagnosed with a serious neurological disease. Now I must focus on my physical well-being as much as possible.”
This is how the statement concludes: “Music has always been and continues to be an essential and lasting part of my life. I have lived my entire life in and through music, and will continue to do so as long as my health allows. Looking back and forward, I am not only happy, but deeply fulfilled.”
In May of this year Daniel Barenboim decided to get off the tour of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, “following the advice of his doctors”, so he was replaced by the young Thomas Guggeiswho was his assistant.
Daniel Barenboim, who will turn 80 in just over a month, is one of the most respected musicians in the world. His parents were prominent pianists and he continued with the artistic lineage: he made his debut in Buenos Aires at the age of seven and was later invited by the Mozarteum of Salzburg to continue his studies.
studied with Nadia Boulanger, Igor Markevitch and at the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome. He is an inescapable influence to the point that in 2019 the Barenboim Festival was held at the Kirchner Cultural Center, where he was accompanied by the pianist Marta Argerichamong others.
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