About this Event
CONCERT, READINGS, BOOK PRESENTATION | A program commemorating the creative spirit of the Terezin artists who perished in the Holocaust. Mark Ludwig, director at the Terezin Music Foundation, will reveal the astonishing cultural output from a community imprisoned in a concentration camp outside of Prague. His recently published book, Our Will to Live, gives voice to Jews silenced during the Holocaust by featuring newly translated writings, rarely seen art, and references to vintage and contemporary recordings of music. The project provides fullest picture of this particular time in Jewish history to date.
The program will feature readings of select concert critiques by accomplished scholar Viktor Ullmann accompanied by vintage and modern recordings performed by Terezin survivors and contemporary masters, including Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Acclaimed violinist Michael Ludwig and pianist Beth Levin will perform works of Gideon Klein, Robert Dauber, and Erwin Schulhoff.
In Our Will to Live, Ullmann’s critiques are accompanied by more than 250 rarely seen concert posters, programs, portraits, and illustrated scenes from a trove of hidden artworks by imprisoned artists recovered after liberation. The presentation will feature a visual sampling of these images. The program will conclude with Q&A and book signing. Free and open to the public. Online registration through Eventbrite is required. Wearing of a face mask inside the venue is required.
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The 2022 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Under Pressure is dedicated to the people of Ukraine fighting for their independence. ?? Suggested donation ($10) will be used to support Ukrainian refugees. All collected funds will be donated to People in Need, a Czech non-governmental, non-profit organization.
WHERE: Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street (between 2nd & 1st Aves), New York, NY 10021. Subway: Q line - 72nd Street, 6 line – 68th Street Hunter College or 77th Street
PARKING: Discounted parking of $30 for up to 10 hours for guests of Bohemian National Hall is available at GGMC Parking. Two parking entrances: 307 East 73rd Street and 300 East 74th Street. Present your parking ticket at BNH reception for a validation sticker.
ABOUT THE 2022 REHEARSAL FOR TRUTH THEATER FESTIVAL
The 2022 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Under Pressure is organized by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York, GOH Productions, Czech National Trust, Terezin Music Foundation, Trap Door Theatre, and Yara Arts Group.
The festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Human Capacities, Hungary, and Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, United States
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