Yes, they say that the apple does not fall far from the tree. And I came across the fact today that comductor Daniel Barenboim has a son who is a violinist! I was surprised, but then not surprised…
Then I did more research, and heard how his language, his voice, and his expressiveness is quite similar to his well-known father.
Michael Barenboim had just one chief teacher throughout his studies from his mid-teens onwards: Axel Wilczok, one of the concertmasters of the Berlin Staatskapelle, whom the youthful Barenboim first met when the late Wilczok coached the violins of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in 2000 and the two ‘clicked’.
Listen now as he performs the music of Mozart, and let your fantasy run free into what this young man will be like in the future.
