Michael Barenboim
Known for his performances of contemporary music, violinist Michael Barenboim has established a career independent of that of his famous father, conductor Daniel Barenboim. The two have also performed and recorded together.
The son of Daniel Barenboim and pianist Yelena Bashkirova (and the brother of hip-hop producer David Barenboim), Michael Barenboim was born in Paris in 1985. He began playing the piano at age four and switched to the violin when his family moved to Berlin in 1992. His teachers there were Abraham Jaffe and Axel Wilczok. Michael's professional career began early, and that was due not only to his father's influence but to his pathbreaking spirit: when he was 15, he was recruited for the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, his father's ensemble that united Palestinian and Israeli musicians and was named for a book of poetry by J.W. von Goethe that explored themes from the Islamic world. The younger Barenboim distinguished himself in that orchestra and, in 2003, was named its concertmaster. He has continued in that role while developing a solo career independent of his father's work.
Barenboim has appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic (playing Schoenberg's Violin Concerto, Op. 36), the Chicago Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony, and the Guangzhou and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras, among many other major ensembles in Europe and elsewhere. His solo recitals have been heard at the Barbican and Wigmore Hall in London, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin. Barenboim has collaborated with Boulez in performances and has recorded both of his solo Anthèmes for the Accentus label. He is also an enthusiastic chamber player and, in 2018, recorded an album of Mozart piano quartets with his father, Yulia Deyneka, and Kian Soltani for the Deutsche Grammophon label. Permutations of that group recorded albums of piano trios by Mozart and Beethoven, also on Deutsche Grammophon, and father and son joined with pianist Martha Argerich and the Staatskapelle Berlin for an album of works by Debussy in 2021. As an educator, Barenboim has given many master classes and serves as head of chamber music at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. In 2023, he recorded Elgar's Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61, with the Philharmonia Orchestra under conductor Alessandro Crudele on the Linn Records label.
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Discography
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Britten & Elgar: Sea Interludes, Violin Concerto
Michael Barenboim, Alessandro Crudele, Philharmonia Orchestra
Classical - Released by Linn Records on Sep. 8, 2023
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Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Ferdinand David)
Michael Barenboim, Natalia Pegarkova-Barenboim
Classical - Released by Linn Records on Mar. 8, 2024
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Debussy: Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La mer
Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich, Michael Barenboim, Kian Soltani, Staatskapelle Berlin
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Apr. 20, 2021
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Beethoven Trios
Daniel Barenboim, Michael Barenboim, Kian Soltani
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Nov. 27, 2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Piano Quartets (Live At Pierre Boulez Saal)
Michael Barenboim, Yulia Deyneka, Kian Soltani, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Aug. 10, 2018
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R. Strauss: Don Quixote – Ravel: Bolero
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Michael Barenboim, Miriam Manasherov, Kian Soltani
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Oct. 25, 2019
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Suter: Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 23 (Live)
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, Michael Barenboim, Swiss Orchestra
Concertos - Released by Prospero Classical on Jan. 12, 2024
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Suter: Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 23: III. Quasi fantasia (Live)
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, Michael Barenboim, Swiss Orchestra
Concertos - Released by Prospero Classical on Nov. 24, 2023
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Complete Mozart Trios
Daniel Barenboim, Kian Soltani, Michael Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Sep. 13, 2019
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Arnold Schoenberg : Violin & Piano Concerti
Michael Barenboim, Daniel Barenboim, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Classical - Released by Universal Music Group International on Mar. 23, 2015
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Mozart: Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 254: 1. Allegro assai
Daniel Barenboim, Kian Soltani, Michael Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Aug. 16, 2019
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Sciarrino, Tartini, Berio & Paganini: Violin Works
Classical - Released by Accentus Music on Feb. 2, 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
J.S. Bach, Bartók & Boulez: Works for Solo Violin
Michael Barenboim, Pierre Boulez
Classical - Released by Accentus Music on Jan. 13, 2017
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Debussy: Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La mer
Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich, Michael Barenboim, Kian Soltani, Staatskapelle Berlin
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Apr. 20, 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven Trios
Daniel Barenboim, Michael Barenboim, Kian Soltani
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Nov. 27, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Piano Quartets (Live At Pierre Boulez Saal)
Michael Barenboim, Yulia Deyneka, Kian Soltani, Daniel Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Aug. 10, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Complete Mozart Trios
Daniel Barenboim, Kian Soltani, Michael Barenboim
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Sep. 13, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
R. Strauss: Don Quixote – Ravel: Bolero
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Michael Barenboim, Miriam Manasherov, Kian Soltani
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Oct. 25, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schoenberg: Violin & Piano Concerti
Michael Barenboim, Daniel Barenboim, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Classical - Released by Universal Music Group International on Mar. 23, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Suter: Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 23: II. Tempestoso (Live)
Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer, Michael Barenboim, Swiss Orchestra
Concertos - Released by Prospero Classical on Nov. 24, 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert: Impromptu, Op. 90: Sonatina, Op. 137 (Edition Ruhr Piano Festival, Vol. 20) (Live)
Michael Barenboim, Andreas Staier, Elena Bashkirova, Dennis Russell Davies, Maki Namekawa
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on Jan. 23, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo