Our partners at the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles have curated several excellent concerts and music-related events for this fall/winter season. Entitled ‘Music and the Holocaust’ and offered with free admission, the series starts this weekend. Please see the list of events below and save the date!
Recovered Voices: Exiled Composers and Hollywood Film Music
Violinist Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli will perform a one hour selection of music by composers who shaped the sound of film music. All of the composers were from different parts of Europe and, due to their Jewish heritage, were forced into exile following the rise of the Nazi Party.
SUNDAY, OCT 15 | 5PM
Recovered Voices: Exiled Composers and Hollywood Film Music
Holocaust Museum LA
100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles
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The Cracow Duo
Internationally acclaimed cellist Jan Kalinowski and pianist Marek Szlezer will perform a live concert of works by Polish-Jewish composers. Presented in partnership with the USC Polish Music Center and supported by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland.
SUNDAY, OCT 29 | 5PM
The Cracow Duo
Holocaust Museum LA
100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles
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Time’s Echo
Hear from author Jeremy Eichler about his new book, a stirring account of how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of the wartime past.
WEDNESDAY, DEC 6 | 6:30PM
Time’s Echo
Holocaust Museum LA
100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles
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Freszel Duo
The Freszel Duo will perform ‘Works by great Polish composers of Jewish descent,’ featuring compositions spanning the years immediately before, during, and after World War II. Presented in partnership with the USC Polish Music Center in Los Angeles and Polish Cultural Institute New York.
SUNDAY, DEC 3 | 5PM
Freszel Duo
Holocaust Museum LA
100 The Grove Dr, Los Angeles
RSVP Here
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