Conductor Barenboim to be Nobel nominee

[Judi Lynn]

Conductor Barenboim to be Nobel nominee
August 11, 2011, 11:59 amAAP

Argentine-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim will be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for using music to bring peace to the Middle East, supporters announced on Wednesday.

An official announcement about the 69-year-old musician's nomination will take place on August 17 at the Academia Argentina de Letras language academy in Buenos Aires.

Around 2500 people in Argentina have expressed their support for the nomination.

Former president of Uruguay Julio Maria Sanguinetti and writer Juan Jose Sebreli were among those promoting the nomination.

Along with his friend, late Palestinian intellectual Edward Said, Barenboim brought together young Arabs, Israelis and Iranians to form an orchestra in 1999, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which tours the world.

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YouTube:
Daniel Barenboim playing Domenico Scarlatti's (1685-1757) Sonata in d (K.9).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qab_HtaLns

Daniel Barenboin in El Bailecito by Jose Resta en El Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=ZdxNBu9WYNI