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The Louisville Orchestra shared the below release following Sunday’s (Feb. 4) 2024 Grammy Awards, which recognized an exceptional collaboration involving the orchestra, Music Director Teddy Abrams, and pianist Yuja Wang. The Louisville Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Teddy … Read More
By David Y. Chack Guest Contributor In the wake of rising antisemitism in America and amid the uproar in Louisville over the killing of Breonna Taylor in March of 2020, Louisville Orchestra Music Director Teddy Abrams decided to challenge bigotry … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor There’s a moment in composer Joel Thompson’s “To Awaken the Sleeper” where a whirlwind of instrumental chaos gives way to noble figures in the horns — what Thompson describes as “a clarion call, a prophetic vision” … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor The Louisville Orchestra’s Saturday, March 11 “Journeys of Faith” concert – focusing on repertoire by Jewish and Black composers – features works that will be ciphers to most listeners. Consider, for example, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Ben Freed had barely settled into his role as Keneseth Israel Congregation’s new rabbi last spring when the email landed in his inbox. It had what seemed a routine request: Would he mention to his … Read More
The imperative is clear: Build, nurture and expand relationships between Jewish and Black community groups. So goes the mission of the Louisville Orchestra’s “Journeys of Faith” series, which marks its second year with a performance March 11 at the Kentucky … Read More
Every year, the talent on stage at the Louisville’s Got Talent (LGT) finals is astonishing, and the 2020 edition on Feb. 23 was no different. Ruby Miller, a 15-year-old freshman at Floyd Central High School, won the top prize for … Read More
One by one, as strands of string music filled the valted sanctuary, the “Ambassadors of Repair” proceeded down the aisle of the Cathedral of the Assumption, each carrying a violin. The ambassadors were a diverse group – Christians, Jews, Muslims, … Read More
The first time Gabriel Lefkowitz was handed the Auschwitz violin, he treated it like an archeologist handling an ancient artifact. That is to say, he treated it gingerly, turning it over, inspecting it from eye level, familiarizing himself with its … Read More
Played with the right hands, musical instruments can tell stories. And sometimes, they are the stories. Such is the case with Violins of Hope, a collection of string instruments – mostly violins – that survived the Holocaust, meticulously restored by … Read More
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