Sun, May 19th, 2024, 3:30 PM – Temple Beth Shalom, Melrose, MA
Seating is limited!
Join Terezín Music Foundation (TMF) director and Fulbright music scholar Mark Ludwig, in an artistic, and musical journey into the astonishing cultural community that persevered in this Nazi camp. Newly translated writings, rarely seen art, and vintage and new music tracks—from Mark’s new book, Our Will to Live —amplify voices silenced in the Holocaust and bring the fullest picture yet of this unique time in Jewish history. Books will be available for purchase. Learn more about this story here .
HISTORIC BACKGROUND
In Terezín, a Nazi camp where 33,000 people died, imprisoned musicians and artists created a remarkable cultural community that persevered against all odds. Our Will to Live brings us into this astonishing world. It presents the first full translation of concert critiques written by accomplished musician, scholar―and Terezín prisoner―Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944). Ullmann describes Terezín performances by ensembles, youth choirs and solo artists including luminaries of European cabaret and opera, plus works by a generation of promising composers silenced too soon: Gideon Klein, Pavel Haas, Hans Krása and others.