BERLIN 〓 Barenboim to launch a new music festival, the “West-Eastern Divan Festival”

2026/08/16

The Daniel Barenboim Foundation has announced the launch of a new music festival, the West-Eastern Divan Festival, in Berlin this September. In 2026, a total of ten concerts will be held from September 11 to 18 at venues including the Philharmonie and the Pierre Boulez Saal.

The centerpiece of the music festival is the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, led by Barenboim, joined by students from the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin, the Barenboim-Said Foundation in Seville, Spain, and the Barenboim-Said Music Center in Ramallah, Palestine.

Artists such as pianist Lang Lang, oud player Naseer Shamma, flutist Emmanuel Pahud, and clarinetist David Krakauer will also participate. The program will be announced at a later date.

Barenboim is currently 83 years old. He had significantly curtailed his conducting activities since revealing in February of last year that he was suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

However, as of August 10, he has been leading the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra on a summer tour (including performances at the Rheingau Music Festival, Waldbühne, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and Lucerne Festival).

Following the conclusion of the new music festival, a European tour is also planned, taking in Dortmund, El Escorial, Paris, Amsterdam, Vienna, Hamburg, and Rolle.

PHOTO：West-Eastern Divan Orchestra


How about this ?

  1. LONDON 〓 Royal Opera House has appointed Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša as its next music director

  2. R.I.P. 〓 Minoru Nagata, a worldwide pioneer in the acoustic design of the concert hall

  3. MUNICH 〓 Concert by Herbert Blomstedt canceled for safety reasons after fire alarm malfunction

  4. R.I.P 〓 Johannes Schaaf, German director

  5. MUNICH 〓 The Bavarian State Opera revealed the outline of next year’s Munich Opera Festival

  6. BERLIN 〓 Berliner Philharmoniker’s Principal horn player David Cooper was leaving

  7. Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 〓 Festival has announced the opera to be performed in 2021

  8. FRANKFURT 〓 Opera Frankfurt announced the lineup of the 2018/2019 season

  9. BERN 〓 Bern Symphony Orchestra extends contract with Chief Conductor Krzysztof Urbanski

  10. BERLIN 〓 Viola player Kyoungmin Park joins the Berlin Philharmonic for the first time as a Korean

  11. PARIS 〓 Orchester National de France welcomes Silvia Careddu as solo flute player

  12. VIENNA 〓 Zubin Mehta cancels the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

  13. FORT WORTH 〓 Yunchan Lim of South Korea won the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

  14. R.I.P 〓 Rosalind Elias, American Mezzo-soprano Singer

  15. VIENNA 〓 Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Olsco – Estrada to the next chief conductor

  1. No comments yet.

  1. No trackbacks yet.