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the emigrated composer titled her String Quartet No. 3 "In Memoriam Holocaust". "I was always very afraid of translating a horror of the magnitude of the Holocaust into an artistic statement (in my case, music). I feared that

The émigré composer titled her String Quartet No. 3 “In Memoriam Holocaust.” “I was always very afraid to translate a horror of the magnitude of the Holocaust into an artistic statement (in my case, music). I feared that any attempt of this kind could amount to nothing more than trivialization of the horror and its memory. I also had some examples from different art movements

known who had not escaped this danger. And yet it is clear to me that the Holocaust must be remembered! Art is too great a medium not to at least try.”


Also in the program: works by Hans Krasa, Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas, Szymon Laks. Introduction by Albrecht Dümling: Compositions about the Shoah – is that okay?


With the Modern Times Quartet: Theodor Flindell & Maressa Portilho, violin, Amanda Bailey, viola & Petra Kießling, cello.


With the support of musica reanimata e. v
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November 2024
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