🎹🎶One of the great pianists of our time, Martha Argerich returns in the new season with Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 under the direction of Lahav Shani. https://t.co/9bxEERUryS
Hear her now in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, one of her signature pieces, with Daniel Barenboim and the Berliner Philharmoniker. Stream in the Digital Concert Hall.
28 July 1933 | A French Jewish girl, Georgette Roter, was born in Paris.
In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
Happy birthday Maestro Muti! 🔥🎉
To celebrate, we're looking back on our fiery performance of Verdi's Requiem, with our former Principal Conductor Riccardo Muti at the helm.
Fun fact: at the time of the Requiem's premiere, female voices were banned from Catholic choirs. So, to avoid controversy but still include the highly-important choral parts, female singers were required to wear mourning veils and sit behind lattices as to not be seen by the audience.
#Verdi #Requiem #RiccardoMuti #DiesIrae #Choir
28 lipca 1933 | W Paryżu urodziła się francuska Żydówka Georgette Roter.
W sierpniu 1942 r. została deportowana do #Auschwitz i po selekcji zamordowana w komorze gazowej.
[BIRTHDAY] Happy birthday to the legendary Italian maestro Riccardo Muti! Let’s celebrate this special occasion with his magnificent performance of Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, "Haffner" alongside the Vienna Philharmonic. https://t.co/XUqnbPfeWx
28 July 1872 | A Czech Jew, Emil Krivacek, was born in Pohořelice. A salesman.
In #Auschwitz from 24 October 1941.
No. 22050
He perished in the camp on 28 October 1941.
🎹 Pourquoi Martha Argerich est-elle considérée comme l'une des plus grandes pianistes de tous les temps ? Retour sur le parcours hors norme d'une légende vivante du piano.
🎧 À écouter : https://t.co/ezbkTXErQF
Sophie Scholl, a young German student, became one of the bravest heroines of WW2.
She risked everything to distribute anti-Nazi leaflets calling for freedom and an end to tyranny.
Arrested by the Gestapo, she was tried and executed by guillotine on 22 February 1943, just 21 years old.
28 lipca 1872 | Czeski Żyd, Emil Krivacek, urodził się w Pohořelicach. Sprzedawca.
W #Auschwitz od 24 października 1941.
Nr 22050
Zginął w obozie 28 października 1941.