Violins of Hope explained

The Violins of Hope is a collection of Holocaust-related string instruments in Tel Aviv, Israel. The instruments serve to educate and memorialize the lives of prisoners in concentration camps through concerts, exhibitions and other projects.^[1] The collection is owned by father and son team Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein, who are both violin makers.

Concerts and exhibitions

In the first decade of the new millennium, Weinstein started to use the instruments of the Violins of Hope collection to initiate concerts combined with educational events teaching about the Holocaust.

Year	Location and Musicians
2008	Jerusalem, Israel: Symphonette Orchestra and the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra with Shlomo Mintz[2]
2010	Switzerland, SION International Music Festival. Exhibition of selected instruments and concert with Shlomo Mintz[3]
2011	Madrid, Spain, concert on occasion of International Remembrance Day with Shlomo Mintz, Cihat Askin, Hillel Zori, Sander Sittig, Enrique Perez and Emilio Navidad[4] Maastricht, Netherlands: concert with Amati Ensemble and photo exhibition[5]
2012	Charlotte, North Carolina extensive program at the UNC Charlotte with concerts, exhibition, film screenings et al.[6]
2013	Monaco Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte Carlo, conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti, with Schlomo Mintz[7]
2014	Rome, ItalyVilla Musica, Neuwied: Exhibition and concerts with Gil Sharon and Elina Gurewitz[8] [9]
2015	Berlin, Germany: Exhibition and concert with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle[10] Cleveland, Ohio: Exhibitions and concert with members of the Cleveland Orchestra, ongoing project[11]
2016	Monterrey, Mexico: Concert with Esperanza Azteca Orchestra, conducted by Yoel Levi with Shlomo Mintz and Cihat Askin[12] Houston, Texas[13]
2017	Jacksonville, Florida: concert with members of the Jacksonville Symphony, part of a month long Anne Frank exhibit[14] Sarasota, Florida: concert and exhibition[15] London, England: concert and fundraiser Washington, DC, Library of Congress[16] Bucharest, Romania: concert with, among others, Gil Sharon and Hillel Zori[17]
2018	Cincinnati, Ohio: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Louis Langrée; The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra conducted by Eckart Preu[18] Dachau, Germany Nashville, Tennessee: Exhibition and concert[19] Dresden, Germany[20] Dortmund, Germany[21]
2019	Knoxville, Tennessee: Exhibit and concert with Knoxville Symphony Orchestra[22] Phoenix, Arizona Exhibits and concert February through March[23] Auschwitz, Poland: musical interludes were performed on selected instruments during the opening ceremony for the exhibition "Through the Lens of Faith"[24]
2021	Richmond, Virginia Exhibits and concert with the Richmond Symphony[25] Reading, Pennsylvania Exhibits and concerts with Reading Symphony Orchestra and local colleges[26]
2022	Portland, Maine Exhibits and concerts with the Portland Symphony Orchestra[27]
2023	New Orleans, Louisiana Exhibits and concerts with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the National World War II Museum.[28] [29] [30] [31]

See also

• List of Holocaust memorials and museums
• List of music museums

Further reading

• Dutlinger, Anne D. (2001). Art, Music and Education as Strategies for Survival: Theresienstadt 1941-1945, Herodias.
• Gilbert, Shirli. Music in the Holocaust: Confronting Life in the Nazi Ghettos and Camps, Oxford University Press.
• Grymes, James A. (2014). Violins of Hope - Violins of the Holocaust - Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind's Darkest Hours, Harper Perennial.
• Karas, Joza (1985). Music in Terezin 1941-1945, Beaufort Books.
• Laks, Szyman (2000). Music of Another World (Jewish Lives), Northwestern University Press.
• Newman, Richard; Kirtley, Karen (2003). Alma Rose: Vienna to Auschwitz, Amadeus Press.

External links

• Violins of Hope
• Music and the Holocaust

Notes and References

1. Book: Brown, Kellie D. . The sound of hope: Music as solace, resistance and salvation during the holocaust and world war II . McFarland . 2020 . 978-1-4766-7056-0 . 292–293.
2. Rabinovitch, Ari "Jerusalem concert features violins saved from Nazis", Reuters.com, 24.09.2008
3. Stephens, Thomas of Hope keep Holocaust memory alive", swissinfo.ch, 03.09.2010
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_isi8tSmwjU&list=PL_mp8-W99Mv7uiwqvg7VoBo3uL7W97IiH&index=3/ "VoH - Madrid, January 27, 2011"
5. https://www.amati-ensemble.nl/archief/2011-amati-tefaf-concert/ "Amati Tefaf concert"
6. Garfield, Ken "Violins of Hope: Notes from the Holocaust", Charlotte Magazine, 20.02.2012
7. http://www.montecarlosbm.com/news/violins-of-hope-at-the-grimaldi-forum/ "Violins of Hope at the Grimaldi Forum"
8. https://www.blick-aktuell.de/Bad-Neuenahr/Eine-Stimme-verleihen-99760.html/ "Eine Stimme verleihen"
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dxuti0qJ74/ "Violins of Hope bei Villa Musica"
10. https://www.thestrad.com/violins-of-hope-an-exhibition-at-the-berlin-philharmonie/6411.article/ "Violins of Hope: an exhibition and the Berlin Philharmonie"
11. Zaleski, Anne "Violins of Hope: See Fully-Restored Holocaust-Era Violins on Display and in Concert only in Cleveland", Thisiscleveland.com, 25.09.2015
12. https://belenalonsomanagement.com/the-violin-of-shlomo-mintz-in-mexico/ "The Violin of Shlomo Mintz in México"
13. Elliot, Amber "Holocaust Museum marks 20 years, pays tribute to the Bielski brothers", Houston Chronicle, 10.06.2016
14. http://pontevedrarecorder.com/stories/jacksonville-symphony-to-present-violins-of-hope-concert,2635/ "Jacksonville Symphony to present Violins of Hope concert"
15. Kipling, Kay "Violins of Hope comes to the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee", Sarasota Magazine, 26.01.2017
16. https://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7827/ "Violins of Hope"
17. Butu, Alina Grigoras "Violins of Hope heated up the Romanian Athenaeum's stage to mark Israel's 69th anniversary", The Romania Journal, 26.04.2017
18. Zipperstein, Leah "Violins that survived the Holocaust have come to Cincinnati for a One-Night Only concert", Cincinnati Refined, 21.01.2018
19. Bliss, Jessica "Violins of Hope: Master luthiers, father and son, restore instruments played during The Holocaust", Tennessean, 13.04.2018
20. Rögner, Katharina "Geigen gegen das Vergessen", Jüdische Allgemeine, 7.11.2018
21. Elling, Elisabeth "Geigen von Holocaust-Opfern im Konzerthaus Dortmund: Violins of Hope", Wa.de, 12.11.2018
22. McRary, Amy "Violins of Hope exhibit: When a musical instrument is more than its sound", knox news, 09.01.2019
23. Blomquist, Mala "The Valley's connection to the Violins of Hope", Arizona Jewish Life, 31.01.2019
24. Davis, Barry "Auschwitz Exhibit shows how Prisoners used Faith to Survive", The Jerusalem Post, 04.07.2019
25. Web site: 2021. Violins of Hope VA. November 8, 2021. Violins of Hope VA.
26. Web site: 2021. Violins of Hope PA - Events. November 8, 2021. Violins of Hope PA.
27. Web site: 2021. Violins of Hope Maine. August 3, 2022. Portland Symphony Orchestra.
28. Web site: Violins of Hope coming to New Orleans – Southern Jewish Life Magazine . 2023-05-15 . en-US.
29. Web site: Violins of Hope coming to New Orleans for week of programs – Southern Jewish Life Magazine . 2023-05-15 . en-US.
30. Web site: 2022-12-09 . Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra- Violins of Hope . 2023-05-15 . New Orleans Local News and Events . en-US.
31. Web site: January 25, 2023 . Violins played by Jewish musicians in the Holocaust at WWII Museum . 2023-05-15 . wwltv.com . en-US.