Violins of Hope
I had the honor of attending the Violins of Hope concert. It was an awesome experience to hear the music played by Jewish musicians. It brought joy to me that the instruments have been restored and are on tour. But the joy was mixed with anger and sadness about the senseless murders of 6 million Jews and 6 million other peoples during the Holocaust.
The Elgin Symphony Orchestra musicians played 20 instruments in this collection.
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Amnon Weinstein, Founder
Amnon Weinstein has spent the last two decades locating and restoring violins that were played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. He dedicates this important work to 400 relatives he never knew ... his entire family—400 in all—had been murdered during the Holocaust.
After growing up to become one of the most respected violin makers in the world, Amnon became determined to reclaim his lost heritage. He started locating violins that were played by Jews in the camps and ghettos, painstakingly piecing them back together so they could be brought to life again on the concert stage. Although most of the musicians who originally played the instruments were silenced by the Holocaust, their voices and spirits live on through the violins that Amnon has lovingly restored. He calls these instruments the Violins of Hope. (source: https://www.violinsofhopecle.org/about/the-founder/).
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