Daniel Barenboim Christoph Waltz on the meaning of music

In Part 1 of his conversations with Christoph Waltz, Daniel Barenboim tackles the question of what music should or can mean. Here both artists discuss the difference between profession and professionalism, and the importance of ones own life experiences when playing works by Beethoven. All episodes of Conversations with Christoph Waltz can be found here:, Subscribe to the channel:, Discover the series Parallels Paradoxes here:, Almost four years after Parallels Paradoxes Daniel Barenboim and Christoph Waltz meet again for an interdisciplinary discourse at Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin. Back then both discussed a wide range of topics revealing multiple parallels and paradoxes between the arts, philosophical standpoints and the understanding of music. In the brandnew series Conversations with Christoph Waltz