Daniel Barenboim In his Own Words

Legendary conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim speaks more candidly than he has ever done before about his life and music Told entirely through interviews with the maestro the film starts with his earliest musical experiences as a child piano prodigy in Buenos Aires before following his meteoric rise to fame including his encounters with other musical giants such as Nadia Boulanger and Arthur Rubinstein who gave the 14yearold Daniel his first vodka and cigar We also learn of Barenboims move to Israel when he was a teenager where he lived a double life as a musical genius and an ordinary schoolboy He then talks with unusual intimacy about his relationship with cellist Jacqueline du Pre and her long battle with multiple sclerosis The film also charts Barenboims stellar career as an orchestral conductor his move into opera and the founding of the WestEastern Divan Orchestra with Edward Said