{"id":44019,"date":"2024-06-14T15:41:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T13:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9c1523a3-b75f-4432-8101-1b28838bed4c"},"modified":"2024-06-14T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:36:07","slug":"his-music-reflects-the-human-struggle-to-better-ourselves-the-composer-whos-been-daniel-barenboims-lifelong-fascination","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/his-music-reflects-the-human-struggle-to-better-ourselves-the-composer-whos-been-daniel-barenboims-lifelong-fascination\/","title":{"rendered":"‘His music reflects the human struggle to better ourselves’: the composer who’s been Daniel Barenboim’s lifelong fascination"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Friday, 14 June 2024 at 13:41 PM<\/p>

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Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim<\/a>\u2019s lifelong fascination with Beethoven<\/a> has been a defining feature of his career. Now, as Barenboim returns to conduct at the 2024 BBC Proms<\/a>, we revisit here an interview that Barenboim gave to BBC Music Magazine <\/em>in 2008.<\/em> In it, he told Michael Church<\/a> about what Beethoven\u2019s works have meant to him, to classical music, and to the world.<\/strong><\/p>