Let's make this birthday one to remember.

82 years old (Born on November 15, 1942)

Happy Birthday, Maestro Daniel Barenboim! Another year older and still conducting circles around orchestras half your age. Your baton has waved magic into symphonies from Berlin to Chicago, making Beethoven proud—and probably a bit jealous.

From leading the Staatskapelle Berlin with unmatched passion to championing peace through music in the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra—your legacy hits all the right notes. May this birthday be as harmonious (and slightly less dramatic) than Wagner's operas!

Here's wishing you many more standing ovations ahead; after all these years of musical brilliance, you've certainly earned an encore—or ten!