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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VIEW THE TRAILER
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THE SCHEDULE
⇒ October 3-6, watch the film The Lost Music of Auschwitz on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register.
⇒ Sunday, October 5 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 COMPOSER
Leo Geyer 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’s also contributed to Add to Playlist and Archive on Four on BBC Radio 4. In addition, Leo has also appeared as an artist on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and discussed musical matters on BBC News. As a guest conductor, Leo has collaborated with the BBC Concert Orchestra, English National Opera, Birmingham Contemporary Music Ensemble, the National Theatre and other ensembles.
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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Other speakers to be announced. Registration for this program will open at a later date.