Great music is the result of deep listening
Every player listening intently to the voice of the composer and to each other. Harmony in personal or international relations can also only exist by listening. Each party opening their ears to the other’s narrative or point of view.
In 1999, Edward Said and myself formed the West-Eastern Divan orchestra, composed of musicians from Israel, Palestine, and other Arab countries. Countries where the open ear has been too often replaced by the unsheathed sword, to the detriment of all.
Now, over 10 years later, we have hopefully achieved an orchestra that is worthy of your ear. And one which shows that people who listen to each other, both musically and in all other ways, can achieve greater things.
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Next Concerts
Saturday 07 July 2012, 20:00
Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Berlin
Pierre Boulez
Anthèmes I
Dialogue de l’ombre double
Messagesquisse
Dérive 2
www.staatsoper-berlin.de
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 20:00
Philharmonie im Gasteig, München
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major op. 78 (“Pastoral”)
Symphony No. 7 in A major op.92
www.muenchenmusik.de
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Edward W. Said was born in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964).
Daniel Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires in 1942. He received his first piano lessons from his mother at age five. Later, he studied under his father, who would remain his only piano teacher. At the age of seven he gave his first public concert in Buenos Aires.