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Out and About: Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan; Eli Wallach at Home

Can Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim create a classical music revival? Greil Marcus talks about 40 years of writing about Bob Dylan. An exhibit of Palestinian art opens in Jaffa. Israeli film ambassador Meir Fenigstein doesn’t think Israel will receive an Oscar nomination this year. Neither does The Arty Semite. Christopher Glazek rips into…

By Ezra Glinter Nov 8, 2010 | < 1 min read
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The Musical Inheritance of Michael Barenboim

Crossposted from Haaretz His father is the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim. His mother is the pianist Elena Bashkirova, and the force behind the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival. His grandfather, Dmitri Bashkirov, is also a pianist, as are his paternal grandparents. “I started studying piano at age four,” says Michael Barenboim. “After two years,…

By Haggai Hitron Sep 1, 2010 | < 1 min read

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