Resonances from Vilna: The Lost Heritage of Jewish Music

On May 22, 2014, four cultural organizations in Vilnius teamed up to present “Resonances from Vilna,” a concert at the Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, featuring works by Jewish composers Joseph Achron, Alexander Krein, and other Jewish Lithuanian composers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The program included a world premiere performance of pieces from Vsevelod Zaderatsky’s 24 Preludes and Fugues.

The event was organized by the European Humanities University (EHU), the EHU Center for German Studies, the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum’s Tolerance Center, and Vilnius University.

Watch excerpts of the concert.

On May 4, 2014, music by Achron, Krein, and other Jewish composers were featured at YIVO at a Sidney Krum Young Artists Concert entitled “The Jewish Sound in Soviet Music.”