Daniel Barenboim Returns To Chicago Symphony For First Time Since He Left Music Director Post In 2006

Why so long away? “Because when I finished, I finished – I don’t really believe in going back. … There was no special reason. But now when Mr. Muti asked me to come, I said, ‘Why not?'” Barenboim tells Howard Reich how it feels to be back and how the CSO is different from any other orchestra he’s worked with.