Advertisement
From January 27 to February 10, the “Yellow Stars” project will take place,
dedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The following events will be held within the framework of the project:
Opening of the photo exhibition “Fragments of Memory”
by Belarusian photographer Dmitry Shemetkov
January 27 at 19.00
in the Jewish Cultural Center in Budva.
The exhibition will last until February 10.
Two classical music concerts:
29 January
20.00
Royal Theatre “Zetski Dom” / Cetinje/ admission to the concert is free
January 30
20.00
Big Hall of the Cultural and Information Centre Budo Tomovic / Podgorica/ admission to the concert is free
The musical program features works by M. Weinberg, L. Auerbach, D. Shostakovich,
M. Gnessin, A. Kurbatov, M. Ravel, E. Bloch, P. Nazaykinskaya, S. Prokofiev, M. Bruch,
S. Barber.
Performers:
Roman Mintz,
Maria Trepashko,
Evgeniy Shimanovich,
Alexey Kurbatov,
Aleksandra Ivanova,
Vitaly Stakhievich,
Artem Shishkov,
Mikhail Radunsky,
Alexey Kiseliov,
Nadezhda Kucher,
Olga Zapolskaya,
Tatyana Levitskaya,
Dmitry Yukhnevich,
Marina Zelenina,
Nikita Kravets,
Polina Protasovskaya,
Kristina Vavilonskaya,
Nadezhda Artamonova,
Sergey Suvorov,
Olga Shulyakovskaya,
Vladimir Drobnjak,
Alessandro Morelli,
Andrey Shinkevich
This project always had a social background.
In January 2018, for the first time, I organized in Minsk the Yellow Stars project - on the Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity (January 21th, 2018). For this purpose every year the project was held in the Great Hall of the Belarusian State Philharmonic in Minsk. The project was carried out in Belarus 4 times.
Personal story
The organizer of the memorial evening, Anna Lenkova, on the importance of the event: “The concert was born from my family story. My great- grandmother, Irina Masyukevich, is the Righteous Among the Nations. During World War II, she saved a Jewish family. A memorial stone with her name is located on the alley of the Righteous Among the Nations in Bobruisk, and her initials are engraved on the Wall of Honor of the Righteous Among the Nations in Yad Vashem. People should not allow such a tragedy, which is why Memorial Day is so important for all people”.
The name of the concert was given by the work of Isaac Schwartz’s “Yellow Stars'', that was inspired and dedicated to the Swedish diplomat - Raoul Wallenberg who saved the lives of many thousands Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust from German Nazis and Hungarian Fascists, he was detained by the Red Army during the Siege of Budapest and later died in the KGB prison in Moscow. Unfortunately, this story is not very well known to the Montenegrin public, so it’s worth paying more attention to it, talking about it, because it can help put together the historical puzzle and allow people to learn something new about the history of the Shoah.
This project is important not only for the Jewish community of the country, but also for the entire society.
In my opinion, it is necessary to fill the gaps, to give new generations the opportunity to learn history and remember, continue to remember what happened, so that every person considers himself part of something larger and does not consider himself part of some exclusive race.
Just as the Righteous Among the Nations existed in Belarus, they also existed in Montenegro and Serbia. And this is an important thread that connects all countries in which people of great strength and mercy lived.
It will be a great happiness when we can all help this project live on.
The intercultural aspect is fundamental, interaction is critical. This is a chance for all participants to get in touch with musical communication, the opportunity to present your culture, tell a story, to discuss, and the possibility of dialogue.
The most important value for us is to unite people through music, to share, collaborate, and create an international Village. We all need it! Unity is strength.
I continue my work towards the revival of the Yellow Stars project, so that it can find its second home.
Сoncert program:
Mieczyslaw Weinberg Jewish Songs, op.13
Lera Auerbach Prayer
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet 8 , op.110
Mikhail Gnessin Piano trio op.63
Alexey Kurbatov Kol Nodre
Maurice Ravel Kaddish from " two mélodies hébraïques , M.A. 22
Ernest Bloch From Jewish life, B. 54
The project will be held with the support of:
Jewish Community of Montenegro and Chief Rabbi, Ari Edelkopf;
Embassy of Germany in Montenegro
Embassy of Israel in Serbia
Jewish Cultural Center and its director, Tatyana Nirman;
Umjetnička škola osnovnog i srednjeg muzičkog obrazovanja za talente “Andre Navara” and its director, Bogdan Asanovic;
KIC Budo Tomovič and its director, Maja Popovic;
Royal Theatre "Zetski Dom";
For any questions, you can contact the event organizers or partners:
Anna Lenkova (organizer) +393342101023 (whatsapp also)
[email protected]
Jewish Community of Montenegro : [email protected]
Jewish Cultural Center +382 68 399 327
KIC Budo Tomovič +382 20 664 237
Royal Theatre "Zetski Dom" +382 41 235 280
Nadya Artmonova +382 68 535 248
Advertisement
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Podgorica, Montenegro, Špika Fish Doo, 81000 Podgorica, Crna Gora,Podgorica, Budva, Yugoslavia
