Lecture Recitals: "Persecution and Rediscovery"
and other events


2024

(161) 11. January 2024 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub
+ Maria Herz (1878-1950) - Composer between Germany and England



2023

(160) 9. November 2023 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub
+ "A life without compromises". The composer and cellist Joachim Stutschewsky (1891-1982)

(159) 26. October 2023 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub
+ Repeatedly uprooted - the Polish-Jewish composer Jerzy Fitelberg

(158) 15. June 2023 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub
+ Bronislaw Huberman - Violinist and campaigner for a united Europe

(157) 19. May 2023 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub
+ Prodigy, enfant terrible, early completed - the fantastic story of Polish-Jewish composer André Tchaikowsky

(156) 23. March 2023 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub
+ Ursula Mamlok and Black Mountain College. To the composer's 100th anniversary

(155) 12. January 2023 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikclub
+ A survivor from Warsaw. The composer and conductor René Leibowitz



2022

(154) 9. November 2022 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal
+ Genius and modesty - Ignace Strasfogel in Berlin and New York

(153) 22. October 2022 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal
+ "... I owe Webern my purpose in life ..." - The composer Philip Herschkowitz

(152) 26. May 2022 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Kleiner Saal
+ Escape in the very last moment: Hans Heller (1898-1969), a pupil of Franz Schreker

(151) 10. March 2022 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Kleiner Saal
+ The Austrian Victor Urbancic's (1903-1958) key role to Iceland's music scene

(150) 6. January 2022 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus Berlin, Kleiner Saal
+ Ödön Pártos - one of the founders of Israeli art music



2021

(149) 22. October 2021 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Grunewaldkirche Berlin-Wilmersdorf
+ Ernst Bachrich (1892-1942) - a strong voice in the 2. Viennese School

(148) 10. September 2021 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Grunewaldkirche Berlin-Wilmersdorf
+ A difficult legacy: the Czech-German composer Hans Winterberg (1901-1991)

(147) 10. Mai 2021 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Ballhaus Walzerlinksgestrickt, Berlin-Kreuzberg
+ Irma and Stefan Wolpe's Odyssey
This concert is available on youtube:
[https://youtu.be/QxcqacIKBQU]

(146) 10. April 2021 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Ballhaus Walzerlinksgestrickt, Berlin-Kreuzberg
+ "Text und Musik von mir". Willy Rosen (1894-1944), cabaret artist, pianist, composer.
This concert is available on youtube:
[www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i0nORz7p88]



2020

(145) 6. October 2020 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal
+ Ruptures in the history of the Julius-Stern-Institute. Julius Stern's 200. anniversary

(144) 10. September 2020 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal
+ Toch, Hindemith, Ullmann. Nazi-persecuted composers and their publisher Schott music

(143) 20. February 2020 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ A multi-talented musician: Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970)



2019

13./14. December 2019
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Berlin, Curt-Sachs-Saal
Symposium and concerts
Torso eines Lebens. Gideon Klein (1919-1945), composer and pianist
+

(142) 21. October 2019 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Edvard Moritz (1891-1974) and the saxophone - a search for traces

(141) 12. September 2019 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Walking upright. Hanning Schröder - although defamed himself, he rescued a persecuted couple

(140) 25. June 2019 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Stateless, chased, deported. The musicians Paul Hermann and Géza Frid

(139) 21. February 2019 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Expelled from Frankfurt conservatory: Bernhard Sekles and Mátyás Seiber

(138) 10. January 2019 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Defamed as a forger: The violinist Fritz Kreisler



2018

(137) 4. October 2018 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ A new start after the "Anschluss"? Vally and Karl Weigl

(136) 13. September 2018 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Committed to Jewish music. The composer Hans Krieg in Holland

(135) 21. June 2018 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal
+ Building bridges with music: The German-American composer Samuel Adler

(134) 3. May 2018 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ A Jew from Vienna in Buenos Aires: Guillermo Graetzer (1914 - 1993)

(133) 8. March 2018 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ "It was a beautiful fairy-tale - now it's over". Paul Abraham's (1882 - 1960) fate

(132) 25. January 2018 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Pioneer for modern music in Sweden: Composer Hans Holewa (1905-1991)



2017

(131) 26. September 2017 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ From Saarbrücken to Tel Aviv. The composer Tzvi Avni (*1927)

(130) 29. June 2017 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Oscar Straus - from "Überbrettl" to Hollywood and back

(129) 6. April 2017 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ The composer Konstanty Regamey (1907-1982) in Warsaw and his part in the Anti-Nazi underground

(128) 16. March 2017 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Exile as rescue and dead end. The composers Leopold Spinner and Julius Schloss portrayed by Juan Allende-Blin



2016

(127) 22. November 2016 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Escaped - fallen silent - rediscovered. The composer Berthold Goldschmidt

(126) 20. October 2016 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Ernst Krenek - A creator of "degenerate" music

(125) 23. June 2016 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Even Paris was no longer safe. Alexandre Tansman between Poland, France and the USA

(124) 14. April 2016 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Avantgarde and worker's song - How Imre Weisshaus turned into Paul Arma

(123) 3. March 2016 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ forbidden - persecuted - dispossessed. The dramatic story of Edition C. F. Peters

(122) Thursday, 28. January 2016 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ He refused to play in Nazi Germany: The violinist Adolf Busch



2015

(120, 121) 24. and 25. November 2015 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal
25 years of musica reanimata
+ Artur Schnabel - Composer and performer

(119) 1. November 2015 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Werner-Otto-Saal
25 years of musica reanimata
+ Master of all styles. Erwin Schulhoff, the inexhaustible

(118) 3. June 2015 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Expelled to the underground. The fate of the Dutch composer Rosy Wertheim (1888-1949)

(117) 5. March 2015 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ "Heute nacht oder nie...". Mischa Spoliansky's (1898-1985) years in Berlin

(116) 15. January 2015 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Marcel Rubin and Karl Alwin in Mexico, the only country that welcomed exiles



2014

(115) 4. December 2014 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Puccini's rival: The opera composer Alberto Franchetti (1860-1942)

(114) 23. October 2014 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ "The world's most forgotten composer of the 20th century": Ernst Toch (1887-1964)

(113) 26. June 2014 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ "Good to have friends everywhere." Brigitte Schiffer - Correspondent of modern music

(112) 24. April 2014 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Deported to Australia as "enemy aliens": Felix Werder (1922-2012) and Walter Würzburger (1914-1995)

(111) 9. January 2014 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Eduard Steuermann (1892-1964) - Piano genius and unrecognised composer



2013

(110) 20. November 2013 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Deported: Leo Kestenberg in Prague and Tel Aviv

(109) 10. October 2013 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Escape to Sweden in a fisherman's boat: Werner Wolf Glaser

(108) 16. May 2013 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Piano music by composers from the Berlin "Novembergruppe": a dadaistic and futuristic provocation

(107) 18. April 2013 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Exile in Japan: Chances to survive in Far East

(106) 28. February 2013 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ "Fallstudien" (case studies): Moritz, Siegfried, Leo and Richard Fall, a family of composers

(105) 24. January 2013 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ A look at Germany from beyond: Paul Dessau in exile



2012

(104) 18. October 2012 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Lost and nearly forgotten: The composer Norbert von Hannenheim

(103) 28. June 2012 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Will Eisenmann: Avowed Pacifist and Anti-Fascist

(102) 24. May 2012 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Aldo Finzi: A Master of Musical Refinement

8. May 2012: Charity concert for the funding of the restoration of the church organ in Terezín
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Berlin
+ Organized by musica reanimata in co-operation with the Hans Krása foundation Terezín

(101) 29. March 2012 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Joseph Horovitz: Escape to the Island of Rescue

(100) 15. February 2012 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Werner-Otto-Saal of Konzerthaus Berlin
+ in memoriam Georg Kreisler: Composer, Emigrant



2011

(99) 15. September 2011 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Werner Richard Heymann: "Das gibt's nur einmal ..."

(98) 26. May 2011 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Musikclub des Konzerthauses Berlin am Gendarmenmarkt
+ More than just the "Concerto Popolare": For the centenary of Franz Reizenstein

(97) 24. February 2011 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Exile as a source for art: The composer Ruth Schönthal



2010

(96) 16. December 2010 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Constancy to Vienna: The composer and musicologist Egon Wellesz

(95) 28. September 2010 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Between dreams and misery: Exile in Los Angeles
Lecture recital with Walter Arlen, Los Angeles

26. September 2010
Special concert "Chamber music from Terezín"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub +

(94) 23. September 2010 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Theresienstadt, die schönste Stadt der Welt - Chansons and satires

(93) 17. June 2010 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Last resort Shanghai. Composers Wolfgang Fraenkel and Julius Schloß in exile

(92) 20. May 2010 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Insinuation and resentment. Heinrich Kaminski and the Nazi regime

(91) 18. February 2010 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Expelled in spite of all his success. The composer and academy director Hans Gál



2009

(90) 10. December 2009 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Space and series. Wladimir Vogel and his piano music

(89) 15. October 2009 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Persecuted as a Gypsy. Oskar Siebert, violinist and jazz-guitarist from Berlin-Wedding

8.-10. October 2009
Berlin Academy of Arts, Studio Hanseatenweg
+ In Search for Jewish Music: Composers in the Jewish Cultural League Berlin (Jüdischer Kulturbund Berlin)
Concerts, documentary and panel discussion
Co-operation with Berlin Academy of Arts

(88) 28. May 2009 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Returning to a foreign Homeland: Friedrich Hollaender

(87) 6. April 2009 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ "Mediterranean music": Max Brod (1884 - 1968) as a composer

(86) 12. February 2009 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ The blackbird's song: Heinz Tiessen (1887-1971) as composer, publicist and teacher



2008

(85) 11. December 2008 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ A strange connection: Heinz Tietjen and Leo Blech

(84) 9. October 2008 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ The buried work of someone who was expelled three times:
The conductor Paul Kletzki (1900-1973) as a composer


(83) 26. June 2008 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Synagogal depth - Modern architecture of sound: The composer Samuel Adler (*1928)

(82) 22. May 2008 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ In Terezin with a guitar: Ilse Weber (1903-1944), poet and singer

(81) 10. April 2008 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Banned from his profession because of a mixed marriage: Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879-1973)

(80) 7. February 2008 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ At first celebrated, then expelled: The composer Richard Mohaupt (1904-1957)



2007

(79) 22. November 2007 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ The Scorned Instrument: Sigurd Rascher (1907-2001), Pioneer of the Saxophone

(78) 11. October 2007 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Composer, Ethnologist and University lecturer: Walter Kaufmann (1907-1984)

(77) 7. June 2007 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ The Multilingual. Early works by Erwin Schulhoff

(76) 26. April 2007 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Left out - Life as ellipse.
The composers Karl Rankl (1898-1968) and Georg Tintner (1917-1999)


(75) 8. February 2007 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ The young trumpeter in Theresienstadt: What has become of Paul Aron Sandfort



2006

(74) 26. October 2006 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Berlin - New York - Berlin. The Composer Ursula Mamlok (*1923)

(73) 28. September 2006 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Persecuted as Jew and later as "Formalist": Karel Reiner (1910-1979)

(72) 1. June 2006 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ An ostracised is made president: The composer and educator Siegfried Borris (1906-1987)

(71) 11. May 2006 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ Bereft from oblivion: The composer Edwin Geist

(70) 16. March 2006 "Persecution and Rediscovery"
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Musikclub
+ "...und die Musik spielt dazu!" - Cabaret in Theresienstadt
musica reanimata