Music as Resistance — Reconstructing the Lost Music of Auschwitz
October 19
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11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK
The Lost Music of Auschwitz tells the remarkable story of British composer Leo Geyer’s 8-year long mission to piece together a treasure-trove of forgotten fragments of music manuscripts found in the archives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum.
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THE SCHEDULE
⇒ October 17-20, watch the film The Lost Music of Auschwitz on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register.
⇒ Sunday, October 19 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time, tune into the program with our distinguished panel of speakers. A link will be provided to all who register.
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MEET THE SPEAKERS
Caroline Kennedy is a British soprano who appears in The Lost Music of Auschwitz and is celebrated for her versatility and warmth on stage. A graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, she has performed roles across the UK, including Despina in Così fan tutte, Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, and Adriana in The Boys from Syracuse. She recently performed music from The Lost Music of Auschwitz at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre. Beyond the stage, Caroline is dedicated to community engagement, regularly performing in care homes and leading singing groups for people living with dementia, using music to connect, uplift, and inspire.
Leo Geyer, left, is a young composer, conductor and presenter. He began his career at the Royal Opera House as a Cover Conductor for The Royal Ballet and is now the Founder and Artistic Director of Constella OperaBallet. Following his traineeship with the BBC, Leo has presented for BBC Radio 3 and Sky Arts TV. He has also contributed to Add to Playlist and Archive on Four on BBC Radio 4. In addition, he has appeared as an artist on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and discussed musical matters on BBC News. As a guest conductor, he has collaborated with the BBC Concert Orchestra, English National Opera, Birmingham Contemporary Music Ensemble, the National Theatre and other ensembles.
Antal Zalai, right, is a classical concert violinist who appears in the film The Lost Music of Auschwitz, performing in tribute to a young Roma victim of the Holocaust. He was born in Budapest in a poor family of Roma ethnicity, and he first became famous for his interpretations of the music of Bartók. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were also musicians. He has performed in forty countries on four continents, and his playing has been praised by the legendary violinists Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin and Igor Oistrakh. He was trained in Brussels and is a professor at the Brussels Conservatory of Music.
Dr. Jud Newborn, left, who will moderate, was the Founding Historian of New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage and is co-author of the acclaimed Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. A dramatic multimedia lecturer, he has spoken throughout North America, at the UN and worldwide. He was awarded his PhD with Distinction by the University of Chicago following three years of adventurous fieldwork as a Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson National Fellow, including hunting down former SS officers and working undercover during communist martial law in Poland. He was honored with the Anne Frank Center’s prestigious “Spirit of Anne Frank Award” and is the Emmy Award-winning Producer of Special Programs for Long Island’s Cinema Arts Centre.
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