First public performance of songs written in concentration camps and tracked down over decadesA quest over nearly 30 years by an Italian musician to track down music composed by Nazi concentration camp victims will reach fruition in April with the first orchestral performance of many of the unearthed works.Francesco Lotoro, … Read entire story.
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Czech harpsichordist and Auschwitz survivor who was determined to bring her instrument out of the museum and into the modern worldWhen the Czech harpsichordist Zuzana Růžičková, who has died aged 90, left the Nazi labour camp at Terezín in a truck bound for Auschwitz, she wrote down … Read entire story.
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Tom Service repeats the story that the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, exiled in New York, parodied in his Concerto for Orchestra the “Nazi” theme in Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony (Sounds of the siege, Review, 2 January). Yet why would a fervent anti-fascist make throw-away fun of … Read entire story.
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