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Review: Daniel Barenboim Misses His American Swan Song

The ailing conductor was to have led the Staatskapelle Berlin in Brahms’s symphonies at Carnegie Hall. Yannick Nézet-Séguin jumped in.

By Zachary Woolfe

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Daniel Barenboim’s Academy of Music and Middle-East Peace

Students from the Middle East come to Berlin to study music with the star conductor Daniel Barenboim. Now the Israel-Hamas war is testing their ideals.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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Christian Thielemann to Succeed Daniel Barenboim at Berlin State Opera

The conductor, an acclaimed Wagnerian, was named to replace Barenboim, who stepped down in January after three decades because of health problems.

By Javier C. Hernandez

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The Conductor Thomas Guggeis Is Rising Fast After a Surprise Debut

Not yet 30, Guggeis already leads a major opera house and has conducted the “Ring” in Berlin. Next up: his arrival at the Metropolitan Opera.

By Joshua Barone

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