An Iranian government official has said Tehran will not allow star conductor Daniel Barenboim to perform there. The Berlin State Opera said August 27 that there were discussions between Tehran and Barenboim, an Israeli-Argentinian, over a proposed concert. But Iranian Culture Ministry spokesman Hussein Nushabadi said on August 28 that Iran does ...

Acclaimed Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim may conduct a historic concert with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in Tehran during official visit to Iran by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Famed Israeli orchestra conductor Daniel Barenboim may conduct a historic concert in Tehran, reports said this week. Music and cultural sites in Germany and the ...