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The Violins of Hope collection 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.

Violins of Hope

Founder	Amnon Weinstein
Type	Non-profit corporation
Purpose	Education
Location	Tel Aviv, Israel
Region served	Worldwide
Website	www.violins-of-hope.com

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, Italy Villa 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]

References

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.

See also

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

External links

• Violins of Hope
• Music and the Holocaust

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