Maestro Murry Sidlin rehearses the orchestra, chorus and soloists for the Anchorage Concert Chorus performances of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín on April 8 and 10,
Maestro Murry Sidlin rehearses the orchestra, chorus and soloists for the Anchorage Concert Chorus performances of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín on April 8 and 10,
The view from backstage at the Municipal Riding School, Terezín, prior the May 17, 2015, premiere of Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer. (Photo credit: John Campbell)
Maestro Murry Sidlin speaks with an audience member following the May 17, 2015, premiere of Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer at the Municipal Riding School, Terezín. (Photo credit: John Campbell)
Maestro Murry Sidlin speaks about Hans Krása’s children’s opera, Brundibar, as footage from the Nazi Propaganda Film made about Theresienstadt is shown in the background during the May 17, 2015, premiere of Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer at the Municipal Riding School, Terezín. (Photo credit: John Campbell)
A video testimonial from Terezín Survivor Marianka Zadikow-May is shown during the May 17, 2015, premiere of Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer at the Municipal Riding School, Terezín. (Photo credit: John Campbell)
Baritone Roman Janál performs Far is My Home, O Moon by Pavel Haas during the May 17, 2015, premiere of Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer at the Municipal Riding School, Terezín. (Photo credit: John Campbell)
Jana Švadlenková, horn, warms up backstage prior to the May 17, 2015, premiere of Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer at the Municipal Riding School, Terezín. (Photo credit: John Campbell)
Maestro Murry Sidlin introduces composer Viktor Ullmann to the audience during the May 17, 2015, premiere of Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer at the Municipal Riding School, Terezín. (Photo credit: John Campbell)
Actors Jana Stryková and Ondřej Kavan speak to each other prior to the dress rehearsal for the May 17, 2015, premiere of Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer. (Photo credit: John Campbell)
Violinist Roman Hranička rehearses for the May 17, 2015, premiere of Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer at the Municipal Riding School, Terezín. (Photo credit: John Campbell)
A video testimonial from Terezín Chorus Survivor Marianka Zadikow-May is shown during the opening of the May 1, 2014, performance of Defiant Requiem at The Music Center at Strathmore. (Photo credit: Randy Sager)
Maestro Murry Sidlin leads the orchestra and chorus during the May 1, 2014, performance of Defiant Requiem at The Music Center at Strathmore. (Photo credit: Randy Sager)
Foundation Executive Director, Louisa Hollman, and [late] founding Board member, Amy Antonelli, attend the Washington, D.C., premiere of the documentary film Defiant Requiem on October 28, 2012, at The Ronald Reagan Trade Center. (Photo credit: TJ Morgan Photography)
Attendee Louise Wiener speaks with Terezín Chorus Survivor, Marianka Zadikow-May, at the Washington, D.C., premiere of the documentary film Defiant Requiem on October 28, 2012, at The Ronald Reagan Trade Center. (Photo credit: TJ Morgan Photography)
Terezín Survivors, board and staff members, filmmakers and sponsors gather for a group photo at the Washington, D.C., premiere of the documentary film Defiant Requiem on October 28, 2012, at The Ronald Reagan Trade Center. (Photo credit: TJ Morgan Photography)
Board Chair Stuart E. Eizenstat speaks about Terezín Survivors Alice Herz-Sommer and Zdenka Fantlová as part of his opening remarks for the Washington, D.C., premiere of the documentary film Defiant Requiem on October 28, 2012. (Photo credit: TJ Morgan Photography)
Members of the 2015 class of Schächter Fellows and others stop for a photo under a gate in the Small Fortress, Terezín. The translation of the inscription over the gate is “Work will make you free.” (Photo credit: Petra Pěničková)
From left, Board Member Nina Glasner, Institute Liaison Janet Masetti, members of the 2015 class of Schächter Fellows, and actor Jane Arnfield pose for a photo by the Franz Kafka Monument in Prague. (Photo credit: Sol Glasner)
Schächter Fellows visit the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague as part of the 2015 Rafael Schächter Institute for Arts and Humanities. (Photo credit: Sol Glasner)
Guide and friend of the Foundation, Petra Pěničková, speaks to the 2015 Schächter Fellows in the First Yard of the Small Fortress, Terezín. (Photo credit: Sol Glasner)
Members of the 2015 class of Schächter Fellows watch the May 17, 2015 Terezín Commemoration Ceremony at the National Cemetery outside the Small Fortress. The Ceremony is an annual event to commemorate the victims of Nazi persecution. (Photo credit: Sol Glasner)
The Monument of Children at the Lidice Memorial. A tour of the Memorial was included as part of the 2013 and 2015 Schächter Institutes. (Photo credit: Sol Glasner)
Foundation Board Member Nina Glasner and her husband, Sol, attend the tour “Gideon Klein’s Prague” as part of the 2015 Schächter Institute. (Photo Credit: Mark Rulison)
Members of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, and The Kühn Choir of Prague take the stage before the June 6, 2013 performance of Defiant Requiem in St. Vitus Cathedral. (Photo credit: Josef Rabara)
Cardinal Dominik Duka speaks with Maestro Murry Sidlin following the June 6, 2013 performance of Defiant Requiem in St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, as Tomáš Kraus, Secretary of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic and Foundation Board member, looks on. The performance in St. Vitus was given at Cardinal Duka’s invitation. (Photo credit: Josef Rabara)
Maestro Murry Sidlin conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of Defiant Requiem on October 11, 2012. (Photo credit: Jeff Roffman)
Production still of the Star of David at the National Cemetery outside the Small Fortress in Terezín, taken during filming of the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
Production still of the Charles Bridge in Prague taken during filming of the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
Actor Petr Louzensky, as Rafael Schächter, leads a basement chorus rehearsal in a scene from the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
Production still of the railroad tracks leading out of Terezín taken during filming of the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
Members of The Catholic University of America Chorus and The Washington Chorus stop for a group photo by the Jan Hus Memorial in Old Town Square while in Prague for the May 21, 2006 performance of Defiant Requiem.
Production still of a disinfection station in the Small Fortress, Terezín, taken during filming of the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
Production still of the crew preparing to film a scene by a gate in the Small Fortress, Terezín. The translation of the inscription over the gate is “Work will make you free.” (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
(Front row, from left) Board Chair Stuart E. Eizenstat, concertmaster Herbert Greenberg, Terezín Chorus Survivor Marianka Zadikow-May, and (back row, from left) Liesi (May) Shannon, Tim Shannon, Lori May, Executive Director Louisa Hollman, Terezín Chorus Survivor Edgar Krasa, and Maestro Murry Sidlin gather for a photo following the May 1, 2014, performance of Defiant Requiem at The Music Center at Strathmore. (Photo credit: Randy Sager)
Maestro Murry Sidlin introduces the audience to conductor Rafael Schächter, the central figure in the Defiant Requiem story, during the May 1, 2014, performance at The Music Center at Strathmore. (Photo credit: Randy Sager)
Soloists Arianna Zukerman and Ann McMahon Quintero perform the Agnus Dei from Verdi’s Requiem as footage from the Nazi Propaganda Film made about Theresienstadt is shown in the background during the May 1, 2014, performance of Defiant Requiem at The Music Center at Strathmore. (Photo credit: Randy Sager)
Board Chair Stuart E. Eizenstat speaks during a roundtable discussion entitled Lessons from Terezín in Shaping 21st Century Diplomacy presented as part of the 2011 Rafael Schächter Institute for Arts and Humanities. Photo credit: Rodinger Photo
The Church in Terezín Town Square, site of the of Beethoven Symphony No. 9 performance during the 2011 Rafael Schächter Institute for Arts and Humanities. (Photo credit: Rodinger Photo)
Maestro Murry Sidlin leads the orchestra and chorus in a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 during the 2011 Rafael Schächter Institute for Arts and Humanities at Terezín. (Photo credit: Rodinger Photo)
Production still of Rafael Schächter’s suitcase and Verdi score from a scene in the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
A prisoner attaches the Star of David to an article of clothing in a scene from the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
Terezín Chorus Survivor Edgar Krasa is lifted into the air by his son Rafael – named for Rafael Schächter – as older brother Daniel (Dani) looks on in a scene from the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
Maestro Murry Sidlin walks the streets of Terezín during the filming of the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
Cast members Elise Langer, Ryan Lindberg, and Skyler Nowinski, from Step in Time Theater, present the world premiere of Why We Laugh: A Terezín Cabaret in the Attic Theatre of the Magdeburg Barracks on June 15, 2011, as part of The Rafael Schächter Institute for Arts and Humanities at Terezín. (Photo credit: Rodinger Photo)
Production still of luggage, clothing marked with the Star of David, and bunks taken during filming of the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
Production still of suitcases lined up by an open boxcar in the rain; a scene from the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
Cast members Julie Kurtz and Elise Langer, from Step in Time Theater, present the world premiere of Why We Laugh: A Terezín Cabaret in the Attic Theatre of the Magdeburg Barracks on June 15, 2011, as part of The Rafael Schächter Institute for Arts and Humanities at Terezín. (Photo credit: Rodinger Photo)
Production still of the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, taken during filming of the award-winning documentary, Defiant Requiem. (Photo credit: Partisan Pictures)
A performer leaves the Municipal Riding School in Terezín following a rehearsal for the Defiant Requiem performance on May 20, 2006.
From June 23-27, 2024, The Defiant Requiem Foundation hosted its third summer seminar, featuring Daniel Mendelsohn, Daniel Greene, Michael Berenbaum, and other outstanding Holocaust scholars and educators.Watch Recordings Here
