Upcoming lecture recitals
(169) Thursday, 27. February 2025, Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub, 20 hDouble persecution. Jewish composers under Hitler and Stalin
There were a number of Jewish composers who survived Nazi persecution but suffered severely from anti-Semitic campaigns in the Soviet Union and its satellites. This ended only when Stalin died in 1953. Many Jews were imprisoned or even sentenced to death in mock trials, thousands lost their livelihood. In our lecture recital, we will feature three composers who were affected by this: Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) had escaped from his home town Warsaw in 1939 and found exile in the SU, but later he was imprisoned in Moscow. Matvey Gosenpud (1903-1961), composer, pianist and professor at Kyiv Conservatory, was dismissed summarily in 1948. He went to Kazakhstan to avoid imminent arrest. Evgeniya Yakhnina (1918-2000) was born in Charkiv, later she taught composing at a music academy in Moscow. She, too, was dismissed and got excluded from all music institutions for five years.
Two song cycles Yiddish Songs (op. 13 and op. 17) by Mieczysław Weinberg,
6 préludes for piano (1959) by Evgeniya Yakhnina and a selection from 24 préludes (1947) by Matvey Gosenpud.
Jascha Nemtsov, piano; Alice Lackner, soprano.
Jascha Nemtsov talks with Prof. Claudia Weber (Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder).
Concert supported by Bareva Foundation
Following lecture recitals
(170) 22. May 2025: Issay Dobrowen (1891-1953) - a cosmopolitan in Oslo
Entrance fee: 8 Euros
Reservations: Konzerthaus Berlin [www.konzerthaus.de]
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