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.

Daniel Barenboim, its co-founder ... whose convivially Viennese songs and dances came over with bite and authority. When it was over Mutter reappeared, with a simple message which explained ...