Barenboim returns to the conductor's podium: concerts follow
Created: 2022-12-09 15:11
Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle play at the celebration of the festival week "30 Years Peaceful Revolution - Fall of the Wall" at the Brandenburg Gate.
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Daniel Barenboim, who has been ill for a long time, has announced his return to the conductor's podium.
The General Music Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin will conduct the concerts at the turn of the year on December 31st and January 1st.
This was announced by the State Opera on Friday.
The program includes the ninth symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Berlin – The 80-year-old Barenboim announced his temporary retirement via social media at the beginning of October.
"My health has deteriorated over the past few months and I have been diagnosed with a serious neurological condition," he posted.
He must now concentrate as much as possible on his physical well-being.
The State Opera had to cancel a concert in the Berlin Philharmonie planned for his birthday, in which Barenboim was supposed to play the piano.
86-year-old Zubin Mehta was to be the musical director.
Previously, Barenboim had already had to give up conducting the new production of Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" at the State Opera, which was realized for his birthday.
He was replaced by Christian Thielemann and Thomas Guggeis at the podium.
Thielemann also represented Barenboim during the Asian tour with the Staatskapelle.
Recently, Barenboim had failed several times.
In February he underwent spinal surgery.
dpa