- Daniel Barenboim announced his departure from the position on Friday.
- He announced his resignation in a statement released on January.
- We became a musical family over the years and will continue to be one, he said.
Daniel Barenboim, who has worked as the general music director of Berlin’s Staatsoper for more than three decades, announced his departure from the position on Friday, citing deteriorating health.
The acclaimed pianist and conductor has held the position since 1992 and turned 80 in November. After learning that he had a “severe neurological ailment,” he said in October that he was “taking a step back” from some of his performing duties for a while.
Barenboim announced his resignation in a statement released by the Staatsoper on January 31.
“Unfortunately, my health has deteriorated significantly in the past year,” he said. “I can no longer deliver the performance that is rightly demanded of a general music director.”
Barenboim said that his years at the opera house on Berlin’s Unter den Linden boulevard “inspired us in every respect in musical and human terms.” And he said he was “happy and proud” that the Staatskapelle orchestra, based at the Staatsoper, made him its chief conductor for life.
“We became a musical family over the years and will continue to be one,” Barenboim added. He said that he is still prepared to conduct in the future.
[embedpost slug=”these-are-kim-kardashians-most-intimate-confessions/”]
