Brundibar Arts Festival Opening Concert

Brundibár Arts Festival is an annual festival dedicated to the music and arts of the Holocaust. Every year, the Festival plays an integral part in Newcastle City Council Holocaust Memorial Day Programme, creating events across Newcastle and Gateshead; to include concerts, exhibitions, theatre, cinema and an extensive education outreach programme.The Festival takes place in venues ranging from local hidden gems to international concert halls and offers a performance platform to young artists, local talents as well as internationally acclaimed soloists.The Festival is named after Hans Krása's opera "Brundibár" (meaning bumblebee) written in 1938 and performed 55 times by the children of Theresienstadt concentration camp. Our Festival is named after the Opera as a lasting  tribute the children of Theresienstadt.The Festival brings people together to appriciate music and drama and aims to enhance their understanding and enjoyment of the arts within the context of remembering the victims of the Holocaust in positive and aspirational ways. It also provides a platform upon which to give exposure to relatively unknown, yet wonderful music which was either written during the Holocaust or has a connection to it.

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Get ready for an awesome night of music, art, and creativity at the Brundibar Arts Festival Opening Concert!

St James's United Reformed Church

Welcome to the Opening Concert of Brundibar Arts Festival's 10th anniversry edition "A Voice Not Stilled".To mark this millestone year, we have decided to go back to our roots, featuring music by composers interned in Terezin. Terezin was a place of immense suffering, yet many composers imprisoned there managed to created extraordinary music. Our festival was originally founded inspired by these works. Zikmund Schul: Duo for violin and violaViktor Ullmann: Herbst for voice and string trioJan Bradley: Special Commission 2018IntervalJames Simon: Lament for cello and pianoPavel Haas: Quartet no.2 (with percussion) Violin: Alexandra Raikhlina, TBC Viola: Nimrod Guez Cello: Liubov Ulybysheva Piano: Yoshie Kawamura Percussion: Jan Bradley Mezzo-Soprano: Sarah Castle

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