About 10,000 people attended the event, gathering at the foot of the city's famed obelisk, authorities said. Barenboim, conductor of the Berlin Staatsoper opera house and a former director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, was born in Argentina and holds Israeli citizenship. He is also a guest conductor at La Scala opera house in Milan.
Barenboim has been recognized for fostering tolerance by bringing together Israeli and Arab musicians. Ambassadors Rafael Eldad of Israel and Farid Suwan of the Palestinian Authority sat in the front row at the concert, along with the Buenos Aires regional governor, Jorge Telerman. I'm happy with this repertoire of tangos since I prefer a concert of music that can be widely understood, he said.
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