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Israeli violinist and rising star Tal First is scheduled to perform Violins of Hope at Kristallnacht – The Concert of Hope, presented by the New Zealand Holocaust Center.
New Zealand and foreign musicians participate in the commemoration of a night of violence by performing a selection of written music before, during and after the Holocaust.
On the Occasion of Kristallnacht's 80th Anniversary – The Night of Broken Glbad – The Holocaust Center of New Zealand hosted an evening of clbadical and jazz music this week at the Michael Fowler Center.
Kristallnacht was in the night of 9 to 10 November 1938, when carefully orchestrated anti-Jewish violence was perpetrated throughout the German Reich.
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About 100 Jews died during Kristallnacht and 30,000 were sent to concentration camps, including Auschwitz.
About 100 Jews died that night and 30,000 were sent to concentration camps. The pogrom is widely regarded by historians as the beginning of the Holocaust in which six million Jews were slaughtered.
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This year's concert program, starring Inbal Megiddo, a cellist and lecturer at Victoria University, includes Tal First, an Israeli musician currently studying at the famous Julliard School in New York.
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Inbal Megiddo, left, of the New Zealand Music School, selected the evening's musical program and worked alongside Jeremy Smith, president of the New Zealand Holocaust Center.
First is a member of the West-East Divan Orchestra and principal violin of the Young Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra.
"It's an important thing to bring the next generation and it's [First] is a young and future violinist. He will play a little during the concert. "
The program also includes works by internationally renowned Jewish composers who died in concentration camps, fled to Europe or composed their music while they were detained in camps.
"We wanted a musical program and artists that made it as dignified and special as possible," said Megiddo.
One of the highlights of the program was probably the double concerto Violins of hope, a piece from a larger project of the same name.
"It was launched by Amnon Weinstein, a luthier who lives in Israel, who came across instruments from the [concentration] camps … people would bring him these instruments and tell him where they came from and their incredibly sad story.
"He's taking these instruments and putting them back into play. Now he's got a whole set that's used in performances, including the Berlin Philharmonic, where the Violins of hope piece was played in the beginning. "
Jeremy Smith, president of the Holocaust Center, said the concert, through music, would recognize the suffering and suffering of Kristallnacht and the Holocaust, while including a selection of more promising plays.
"Obviously, the music coming out of the camps was not particularly exhilarating, it's a sign of the nature of the camps, so we tried to find a balance," Smith said.
* Kristallnacht 80th Anniversary Concert, Renouf Foyer of the Michael Fowler Center, November 8th; 19h. Ticketmaster.co.nz tickets.
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