Terezín Music Foundation

Mark Ludwig Speaks With Scott Simon on NPR's Weekend Edition. Listen here: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/18/1213967469/a-violist-memorializes-lost-voices-at-terezin-concentration-camp

https://jewishjournal.org/2023/11/09/hear-the-joy-and-resilience-in-the-music-of-terezin-at-boston-concert/

Hear the joy and resilience in the music of Terezin at Boston concert - Jewish Journal Eighty years ago, when Ilse Weber was imprisoned at Theresienstadt, the young poet and author of popular children’s books composed “Wiegala,” a melodious lullaby with rhyming verses. The soothing song gave hope and joy to the young children who were also held captive at the N**i labor camp in ...

TMF Director Mark Ludwig's life work featured in the Smithsonian Magazine.

Amid the Horrors of the Holocaust, Jewish Musicians Composed Songs of Survival At the Terezin concentration camp, some of Europe's top artists found solace in creating new work. Today one musician is determined to give them an encore

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Tune in to TMF director Mark Ludwig speaking on WAMC (NPR) The Roundtable.
Mark Ludwig speaks about his upcoming Tanglewood Learning Institute programs with WAMC Roundtable with Sarah LaDuke.

Tanglewood Learning Institute and Terezín Music Foundation present "Defiant Music" programs 8/11-8/12 On August 11 and 12, the Tanglewood Learning Institute in collaboration with the Terezín Music Foundation, will offer two “Defiant Music” programs presented by Mark Ludwig.

Upcoming TMF program in Tanglewood. Join us!

Coming in August: “Immersion: Defiant Music," with Mark Ludwig | Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Mark Ludwig is no stranger to the Berkshires – a long-time violist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ludwig has presented programs for Federation as Terezín Music Foundation director, most recently last summer at Knosh & Knowledge. He talked then about his outstanding book about the doomed musi...

TMF in Mongolia - TMF director Mark Ludwig conducted a series of string masterclasses and a concert with students from the Mongolian State Conservatory and members of the Symphony Orchestra of the Mongolian State Philharmonic during the week of June 12th. The concert showcased the talents of the students who played works by Bach, Handel, Schubert, Halvorsen, and Walton. Their performances were truly inspiring.

Join us to celebrate the female artists at the center of Terezín’s remarkable cultural community. We’ll meet songwriters, virtuoso pianists, opera singers, and cabaret artists and experience a vibrant program of works they composed, performed, and championed. Their long-silenced voices will fill a contemporary concert hall for the first time. Tickets are available at www.tmf.gala.org.

“We honor people whose fates have been lost to history. We can and must keep their legacy alive.” —Secretary Madeleine Albright, accepting our 2020 Terezín Legacy Award.
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To view a performance of “Zog nit keyn mol” by Cantor Shai Abramson, Chief Cantor of the Israel Defense Forces, use the following link. https://youtu.be/LG-9SVhszdY

Happy Birthday dear Anna Ornstein. People from around the world have been sending birthday wishes and expressions of love and appreciation to you. Thank you for your insightful conversation yesterday that premiered in the film My Mother’s Eyes. https://www.terezinmusic.org/event-sign-up-form.html

TODAY 12:00 PM EST. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we invite you to experience a beautiful, powerful short film: a conversation with Auschwitz survivor and eminent psychiatrist Dr. Anna Ornstein and Terezin Music Foundation executive director Mark Ludwig. Please use the following link to sign up to watch: https://www.terezinmusic.org/event-sign-up-form.html

Tomorrow, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2023, we invite you to experience a beautiful and inspiring conversation with Auschwitz survivor and eminent psychiatrist Dr. Anna Ornstein and TMF executive director Mark Ludwig. On this occasion—her 96h birthday—Anna talks about her childhood in N**i-occupied Hungary, the murder of most of her family, her internment in Auschwitz with her mother, and her life after liberation.

Please use the following link to sign up to watch: https://www.terezinmusic.org/event-sign-up-form.html

Photo: Anna Ornstein teaching a TMF Holocaust and genocide education program.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2023, we invite you to experience a beautiful and inspiring conversation with Auschwitz survivor and eminent psychiatrist Dr. Anna Ornstein and TMF executive director Mark Ludwig. On this occasion—her 96h birthday—Anna talks about her childhood in N**i-occupied Hungary, the murder of most of her family, her internment in Auschwitz with her mother, and her life after liberation.

Please use the following link to sign up to watch: https://www.terezinmusic.org/event-sign-up-form.html



Photo: Anna Ornstein's book: My Mother's Eyes.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2023, we invite you to experience a beautiful and inspiring conversation with Auschwitz survivor and eminent psychiatrist Dr. Anna Ornstein and TMF executive director Mark Ludwig. On this occasion—her 96h birthday—Anna talks about her childhood in N**i-occupied Hungary, the murder of most of her family, her internment in Auschwitz with her mother, and her life after liberation.

Please use the following link to sign up to watch: https://www.terezinmusic.org/event-sign-up-form.html


Photo: Anna Ornstein nee Brünn with her younger brother Andrew before his deportation.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2023, we invite you to experience a beautiful and inspiring conversation with Auschwitz survivor and eminent psychiatrist Dr. Anna Ornstein and TMF executive director Mark Ludwig. On this occasion—her 96h birthday—Anna talks about her childhood in N**i-occupied Hungary, the murder of most of her family, her internment in Auschwitz with her mother, and her life after liberation.

Please use the following link to sign up to watch: https://www.terezinmusic.org/event-sign-up-form.html


Photo: Anna Ornstein teaching a TMF Holocaust and genocide education program.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we invite you to experience a beautiful, powerful short film: a conversation with Auschwitz survivor and eminent psychiatrist Dr. Anna Ornstein and Terezin Music Foundation executive director Mark Ludwig. Please use the following link to sign up to watch: https://www.terezinmusic.org/event-sign-up-form.html


Picture: Anna Ornstein’s mother with two of the over forty Holocaust orphans she cared for after liberation.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we invite you to experience a beautiful, powerful short film: a conversation with Auschwitz survivor and eminent psychiatrist Dr. Anna Ornstein and Terezin Music Foundation executive director Mark Ludwig. Please use the following link to sign up to watch: https://www.terezinmusic.org/event-sign-up-form.html

Honoring the children of Terezin with a TMF Symphony Hall performance of music from Brundibár, performed by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Brookline High School Camerata. Your support helps us bring the Terezín story around the world. Help us create more programming in 2023 by making your tax-deductible donation at the link in our bio. THANK YOU.

A TMF Holocaust and Genocide education program with Holocaust survivor Simon Gronowski. What could be more important that teaching history, tolerance and compassion — your support helps us reach thousands of students around the world every year. Make your tax-deductible donation via the link in our bio. THANK YOU.

Happy Hanukkah! Wishing you a holiday filled with light and peace.

Light in the darkness: a painting on the wall of Terezín's secret synagogue.

Happy Hanukkah! Wishing you a holiday filled with light and peace.

Light in the darkness: This 1943 drawing from Terezín, titled "Hannukkah in the Attic,” was made by imprisoned artist Helga Weissova and shows Valtr Freud, manager of Children’s Home L410, lighting candles accompanied by song. In Terezin, Freud organized children’s festivals and directed performances on Jewish holidays.