Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence. Daniel Barenboim More Quotes by Daniel Barenboim More Quotes From Daniel Barenboim I always maintain that playing in an orchestra intelligently is the best school for democracy. If you play a solo, the conductor and everybody in the orchestra follows you. Then, a few bars later, the main voice goes to another instrument, another group, and then you have to go back into the collective [sound]. The art of playing in an orchestra is being able to express yourself to the maximum but always in relation to something else that is going on. Daniel Barenboim playartschool Wagner exploited all forms of expression at a composer's disposal - harmony, dynamics, orchestration - to the extreme. His music is highly emotional, and at the same time Wagner has extraordinary control over the effect he achieves. Daniel Barenboim dynamicsemotionalexpression Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity. Daniel Barenboim futureworktimeart Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure. Daniel Barenboim harmonyimportancemusicnature Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be. Daniel Barenboim dayyoulive-lifelife I know so many Irish musicians. They're all over, because there has been so much emigration from Ireland. Like the Jews. Daniel Barenboim musiciansoverlikeknow What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day. Daniel Barenboim every-daydaythinkworld The Iranian government still denies the Holocaust - so you can't take them seriously. And the Israeli government spreads rumours and disinformation about Iran - because it needs to for the creation of panic. I find these theological states - and in this respect, Israel and Iran are twin brothers - very, very dangerous. Daniel Barenboim yourespectdangerousgovernment When you get to be 103, modernism is a very wide concept. Daniel Barenboim verygetyoumodernism Israel is in the grip of a ghetto mentality. We have a powerful army. We have the atomic bomb. But the psychology of what comes out of Israel has the tone of the Warsaw Ghetto. Daniel Barenboim atomic-bombghettoarmypowerful I believe education is much more important than we assume. Daniel Barenboim i-believeimportanteducationbelieve In my mother's belly, I remember not liking the tempi my father played the Beethoven Sonatas in. Daniel Barenboim i-remembermotherrememberfather I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town. Daniel Barenboim livedbettergoliving It's funny, because in 1970 I met the Beatles quite by a chance at a party. It was the Beethoven bicentenary, and I was then also playing the Beethoven Sonatas. And that's all they wanted to hear about - I wanted to talk about them, and all they wanted to talk about was Beethoven. Daniel Barenboim talkpartychancefunny There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura. Daniel Barenboim restaurantgofoodlove I have music in my brain all the time, all sorts. Daniel Barenboim musicbraintime
