Refugees from World War II: Reclaiming the Music of Polish Composers

Concert Presented by the American Society for Jewish Music, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Holocaust Music Lost & Found, and Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association; co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund Admission: Free Register

Refugees from World War II: Reclaiming the Music of Polish Composers features, among other works, wonderful and compelling Jewish-themed music by Szymon Laks, Mieczysław Weinberg, and Roman Ryterband, all of whom were arrested or fled from Poland after the Germans bombed Warsaw, completely destroyed its Philharmonic Hall and many other sites on September 1, 1939, and subsequently occupied the city until 1945. The program is performed by distinguished members of the Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association, including mezzo soprano Hanna Hipp, pianists Grzegorz Mania and Marcin Sikorski, and violinist Jarosław Nadrzycki, who will be joined by the noted American clarinetist Alan R. Kay.