Input (grade 13): The Guardian, 11 September 2002 In 1999, Barenboim jointly founded the West-Eastern Divan orchestra with the late Palestinian-American intellectual and humanist Edward Said, who was a close friend.
Output (grade 12): In 1999, Barenboim started the West-Eastern Divan orchestra with the help of a Palestinian-American professor Edward Said, who was a close friend.