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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