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An internationally known pianist and conductor, Daniel Barenboim has toured with the Chicago Symphony and was the music director of the Orchestre de Paris for more than 14 years. His repertoire includes Beethoven, Mozart and Anton Bruckner symphonies. Born in Argentina, Barenboim's musical career began at the age of five, when his parents gave him piano lessons. His parents were his only teachers, but a great influence in his life was the pianist Artur Rubenstein, whom he met through his parents, and for whom he played once a year. Barenboim performed his first concert in Buenos Aires at the age of seven. His musical genius was developed even more when he attended Igor Markevich's conducting classes in Germany and studied harmony and composition in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. He made his debut in Vienna in 1952 at the age of nine. From there he debuted in Paris, London and in New York with Leopold Stokowski. He made his first recording in 1954. Barenboim spent the '60s touring wi...