Daniel Barenboim (1942) Israeli Argentine-born pianist and conductor
SPIEGEL Interview with Daniel Barenboim
“I wake up in the morning and seem to hear some one in the house sighing and saying that last night some one died. I immediately ask to find out who it is, and learn that it is the sharpest, most calculating fellow in town. Ah, is this not happiness?”
"Thirty-three Happy Moments"
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