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Barenboim confirms talks on Tehran concert
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli-Argentinian conductor Daniel Barenboim is hoping to take one of Germany’s top orchestras to Iran to perform a concert there, the Berlin State Opera says, drawing angry protests from Israel.
Barenboim, 72, who is general music director of the German capital’s flagship opera house, the State Opera, “is in talks with Iran about a possible concert in Tehran by the Staatskapelle Berlin,” the house says in an emailed statement.
Israel’s Culture Minister Miri Regev said yesterday that she intended to send a letter of protest to German Chancellor Angela Merkel calling on her to block the concert.
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