Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1942 into a Russian Jewish family, Daniel Barenboim was a piano prodigy who first made his name in the 1960s as a performer of the classical keyboard repertory.

Today there are many artists who have recorded and performed all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, two of whom are Daniel Barenboim and Richard Goode. Beethoven wrote the Pathétique just as he was ...

The opening night will feature Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan leading the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven's "Symphony ... include a "rare visit" by Daniel Barenboim, to conduct the ...