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The move comes just a day after pianist Igor Levit used the high profile platform to make his own anti-Brexit statement by playing an improvised section from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which incorporates Schiller’s Ode to Joy, which is the anthem of the European Union (EU). The 74-year-old, who is also an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, stopped the concert at the Royal Albert Hall after the first encore to lash out at the education system. Mr Barenboim initially started by saying that his comments were “not political” but then said: "When I look at the world with so many isolationist tendencies, I get very worried and I know I’m not alone.

Getty Conductor Daniel Barenboim interrupted his performance to deliver an anti-Brexit rant to the audienc

“I was married in this country and I lived here for many years and I was shown so much affection whilst I lived here, that this gave me the impetus to say what I would like to say. “The main problem today is not the policies of this country or of that country - the main problem of today is that there is not enough education. “That there is not enough education for music, we have known for a long time. But now there is not enough education about who we are, about what is a human being, and how to relate with others of the same kind.

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“That’s why I say it’s not political but it is of human concern, and if you look at the difficulties that the European continent is going through now you can see why that is: because of the lack of a common education.” He described the current wave of “nationalism in its very narrow sense” as something “very dangerous”. The conductor's comments drew applause from some members of the audience but critics have condemned the Proms being hijacked.

Getty Daniel Barenboim has come under fire for his comments

When I look at the world with so many isolation[ist] tendencies, I get very worried and I know I’m not alone Conductor Daniel Barenboim

Music critic Norman Lebrecht wrote on his blog: "The Proms are, and must be, politically neutral... the Proms podium is not a place for sermons, however brief or apposite. "Using the Proms as a political platform risks damaging a national treasure. What if a pro-Brexit conductor were to get up and demand equal time? Or a Corbynist? Or an Erdogan supporter? Barenboim should not have spoken." Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage also took to Twitter to slam the conductor's comments. The MEP wrote: “The BBC are now using the Proms to fight Brexit, when will the lunacy stop?”

PA Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has hit out at Mr Barenboim's comments