Israeli-Argentinian conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim (R) leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra prior to a 'Summernight Concert' in the garden of Schoenbrunn palace on June 4, 2009 in Vienna. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

Israeli-Argentinian conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim (R) leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra prior to a 'Summernight Concert' in the garden of Schoenbrunn palace on June 4, 2009 in Vienna.

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  1. Argentinian born conductor Daniel Barenboim and Sicilian director Emma Dante talk of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, during a presentation at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Bizet's opera, in a new production by Barenboim and Dante, will open Milan's Teatro Alla Scala opera season on Dec. 7.
  2. Argentinian born conductor Daniel Barenboim and Sicilian director Emma Dante talk of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, during a presentation at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Bizet's opera, in a new production by Barenboim and Dante, will open Milan's Teatro Alla Scala opera season on Dec. 7.
  3. Sicilian director Emma Dante talks of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, during a presentation with Argentinian born conductor Daniel Barenboim at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Bizet's opera, in a new production by Barenboim and Dante, will open Milan's Teatro Alla Scala opera season on Dec. 7.
  4. Argentinian born conductor Daniel Barenboim talks of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, during a presentation at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Bizet's opera, in a new production by Barenboim and Dante, will open Milan's Teatro Alla Scala opera season on Dec. 7.
  5. Argentinian born conductor Daniel Barenboim talks of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, during a presentation at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Bizet's opera, in a new production by Barenboim and Dante, will open Milan's Teatro Alla Scala opera season on Dec. 7.
  6. Argentinian born conductor Daniel Barenboim talks of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, during a presentation at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Bizet's opera, in a new production by Barenboim and Dante, will open Milan's Teatro Alla Scala opera season on Dec. 7.
  7. Argentinian born conductor Daniel Barenboim gestures as he talks of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, during a presentation at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Bizet's opera, in a new production by Barenboim and Dante, will open Milan's Teatro Alla Scala opera season on Dec. 7.
  8. Argentinian born conductor Daniel Barenboim plays piano as he talks of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, during a presentation at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Bizet's opera, in a new production by Barenboim and Dante, will open Milan's Teatro Alla Scala opera season on Dec. 7.
  9. MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 20: Francesco Micheli (L) and Daniel Barenboim (R) attend the 'Science For Peace' First World Conference on November 20, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The aim of the Conference is to examine the importance of scientific development as a means of improving the quality of our lives, and to delineate a new role for science in the society of the third millennium.
  10. MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 20: Daniel Barenboim attends the 'Science For Peace' First World Conference on November 20, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The aim of the Conference is to examine the importance of scientific development as a means of improving the quality of our lives, and to delineate a new role for science in the society of the third millennium.
  11. MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 20: Daniel Barenboim attends the 'Science For Peace' First World Conference on November 20, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The aim of the Conference is to examine the importance of scientific development as a means of improving the quality of our lives, and to delineate a new role for science in the society of the third millennium.
  12. MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 20: Daniel Barenboim attends the 'Science For Peace' First World Conference on November 20, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The aim of the Conference is to examine the importance of scientific development as a means of improving the quality of our lives, and to delineate a new role for science in the society of the third millennium.
  13. MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 20: Daniel Barenboim attends the 'Science For Peace' First World Conference on November 20, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The aim of the Conference is to examine the importance of scientific development as a means of improving the quality of our lives, and to delineate a new role for science in the society of the third millennium.
  14. MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 20: Daniel Barenboim attends the 'Science For Peace' First World Conference on November 20, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The aim of the Conference is to examine the importance of scientific development as a means of improving the quality of our lives, and to delineate a new role for science in the society of the third millennium.
  15. Argentinian-born pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim speaks during a news conference on the Festival of Freedom, marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin October 21, 2009. As the highlight of a 5-million euro celebration marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, a 1.5-km (one-mile) long segment of the Wall will stand for two days along its original route in front of the Brandenburg Gate to the Potsdamer Platz. The row of 1,000 20-kg dominos standing 1.5 metres apart -- painted in bright colours by school children and rising 2.5 metres high -- will be toppled at the end of a gala ceremony as a symbolic tribute to the collapse of the Wall 20 years earlier.
  16. Berlin's Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (3rd L) Chief of the Chancellor's Office Thomas de Maiziere (2nd R), conductor Daniel Barenboim (L) and German DJ Paul van Dyk (R) pose in front of domino pieces that symbolise segments of the Berlin Wall in a warehouse in Berlin October 21, 2009. As the highlight of a 5-million euro celebration marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, a 1.5-km (one-mile) long segment of the Wall will stand for two days along its original route in front of the Brandenburg Gate to the Potsdamer Platz. The row of 1,000 20-kg dominos standing 1.5 metres apart -- painted in bright colours by school children and rising 2.5 metres high -- will be toppled at the end of a gala ceremony as a symbolic tribute to the collapse of the Wall 20 years earlier.

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