Name: Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic: Featuring Violins of Hope
Start: 2023-11-05T20:00:00
Location: Carnegie Mellon University

Ian Hobson

Carnegie Mellon University School of Music

The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic will be using several of the Violins of Hope instruments during this performance. Violins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh, is a landmark community project centered on the valuable lessons of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Over the course of two months, through educational and cultural programs, this unique project will use lessons of the Holocaust to demonstrate humanity’s amazing ability to rebound from even the darkest depravity. The centerpiece of this project will be an exhibit of stringed instruments that were played by Jewish prisoners in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. This exhibit will be free to the public and housed at the Posner Center on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University. There, trained docents will facilitate an understanding of the role that music played in the life of prisoners, whether as a mechanism for survival, mental escape, or even resistance. The mere existence of each instrument merits a story of hope and survival. Together, we are tuning out prejudice and building bridges that last. For more information on the exhibit that runs through November 21, visit violinsofhopepittsburgh.com