Barenboim Builds Israeli-Arab Orchestra, Gehry Music Hall
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In 1999, conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim founded the East-Western Divan Orchestra with the late Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, as “a project against ignorance.”
Composed largely of young Arab and Israeli musicians, it is attacked and praised from all sides: “So there must be something we are doing right,” said Barenboim with a smile.