Featuring, among other works, wonderful and compelling Jewish-themed music by Szymon Laks, Mieczysław Weinberg, and Roman Ryterband, all of whom were arrested or fled from Poland after the Germans bombed Warsaw...
Commemorate the November 1938 Pogrom, known as the Night of Broken Glass, through powerful music written by Jewish composers imprisoned in camps and ghettos during the Holocaust.
Learn about Simon Wynberg’s passion for discovering lost music and the moment he found the work of composer Frederick Block, followed by excerpts of live music with 2 members of the ARC Ensemble.
The multiple Grammy Award-nominee ARC Ensemble (Artists of The Royal Conservatory) is among Canada's most distinguished cultural ambassadors. Performing a wide range of music, its focus remains the research and recovery of works that were suppressed and marginalized under the 20th century's repressive regimes. A growing number of hitherto unknown masterworks are rejoining the repertoire as a result of the ARC Ensemble's work.
Join us for an extraordinary evening as artists from the Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association (PCMA) bring to life powerful works by Polish composers whose voices were silenced—or nearly lost—during the Holocaust.
HMLF presents A Book Discussion with Live Music "The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival" A Conversation with Author Anne Sebba and Bret Werb, Music Curator
HMLF presents A Book Discussion with Live Music "The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival" A Conversation with Author Anne Sebba and Bret Werb, Music Curator
HMLF presents A Book Discussion with Live Music "The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival" A Conversation with Author Anne Sebba and Bret Werb, Music Curator
A Memorial Through Music
In honor of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, come together for an afternoon of music, learning, and reflection
Yiddish Book Center and HMLF
The program showcases music “Lost & Found”—songs by Yiddish troubadours
Featured on the program is essential, mostly unheard music, by Szymon Laks, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, and Roman Ryterband some of Poland’s most important pre-war composers...