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Stalking the dead composer through Transylvania

The Nash Ensemble played music by Viktor Ullmann, Ilse Weber and others who were imprisoned by the Nazis

Works by Hans Krása, Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas and Gideon Klein were wonderfully performed, while Konstantin Krimmel gave a heart-rending account of of songs written in the ghetto-camp – an essential and unforgettable experience

A new book published by Steidl tells the story of a group of imprisoned artists and musicians founded in Terezín, a Nazi concentration camp

Terezin ghetto: how the persecuted Jewish community created music within Theresienstadt Simon Broughton explains how a remarkable creative community emerged in the Jewish ghetto town of Terezín, despite appalling conditions and the grim shadow of Nazi oppression Published: April 28, 2021 at 4:16 pm ‘I remember my first concert was in winter time, very cold. So I was playing in my coat, in my high boots and I don’t remember whether I had something on my head, but I played. I a...

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