Barenboim: This illness has not changed me

Barenboim: This illness has not changed me

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norman lebrecht

February 16, 2023

From a Milan interview with Colleen Barry of the Associated Press, after conducting three Mozart symphonies at La Scala in the first of three concerts:

‘I know I am expected to say this illness changed my life. No. Things that were very important to me as a musician before are still as important. Things that were not important are still not important. I can’t say I feel perfectly, but I feel well enough to conduct tomorrow, and I hope Thursday and Saturday. And next we will see…

‘You know, I never felt my age. I never took into consideration that I was not 20, or 30 or 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 anymore. I have been hit, but I feel well, and I can make music. I am very happy making music.’

His Saturday concert will be broadcast on La Scala’s new streaming service.

 

rehearsal photo: Paolo Besana

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