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NewsViolins of Hope instruments feature on new album commemorating 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
The instruments that formerly belonged to Holocaust survivors can be heard on Violins of Hope from The Daniel Pelton Collective, which strives to provide a stark reminder of atrocities of the past in an aim to shape better future
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NewsNew Holocaust documentary features music performed on a violin that survived Auschwitz
The documentary film The Lost Music of Auschwitz commemorates 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp
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NewsMusic of Remembrance gives US premiere of Sándor Kuti’s String Quartet no.2
US correspondent Thomas May previews the US premiere of Holocaust victim Sándor Kuti’s String Quartet no.2 by the Seattle-based Music of Remembrance
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NewsCello of Holocaust victim reunited with daughter after 80 years
The cello, which has been loaned to Sam Lucas, was discovered to be that of composer and Holocaust victim Pál Hermann
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NewsHolocaust violin to be played at Cremona Musica
The Violin of the Shoah will be played by Alessandra Sonia Romano on Sunday 29 September, as a tribute to its former owner Eva Maria Levy and late instrument collector Carlo Alberto Carutti
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VideoJohn Dilworth repairs a violin that survived the Holocaust
Restoration of the instrument uncovers the history of the damaged 19th-century German violin
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ReviewBook review: The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music
Janet Banks reviews Janet Horvath’s moving biographical tale of her family, the Holocaust and what happened next
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NewsVienna Philharmonic commemorates Holocaust victims outside former concertmaster’s house
A memorial service was held on 28 March 2023 outside violinist Arnold Rosé’s former residence
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Focus‘Music was their lifeline’: Excerpt from Janet Horvath’s new Holocaust memoir
Author and cellist Janet Horvath presents an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music
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ReviewBook review: Violins and Hope: From the Holocaust to Symphony Hall
Violinist Raphael Klayman reads Daniel Levin’s well-illustrated account of Amnon Weinstein’s project to collect instruments made during the Holocaust
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NewsGuarneri ‘filius Andreae’ violin at centre of Holocaust storm
The German foundation holding the instrument has failed to pay €100,000 compensation to the heirs of its former owner
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NewsFrancis Akos, Chicago Symphony violinist for 48 years, has died aged 93
The Hungarian musician and Holocaust survivor immigrated to the US in 1954
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NewsHolocaust-era ‘Violins of Hope’ to be performed and exhibited in Cleveland
The collection of instruments performed on by Jewish musicians during the Nazi regime was restored by Amnon Weinstein
