REFLECTIONS IN ART MUSIC FILM & DANCE
". . . I should like someone to remember that
there once
lived a person named David Berger."
- Holocaust victim David Berger in his final correspondence
before
being gunned down
in Vilna in July 1941. He was 19 years old.
Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is an international time of reflection on, and remembrance of, the millions of Shoah victims who were murdered during the Holocaust.
Throughout the week of April 28 - May 3, 2008 the University of North Carolina Wilmington Office of Cultural Arts, in partnership with local and regional community and arts organizations, will present Days of Remembrance, a unique series of programs, concerts, exhibits, lectures, and films reflecting on the moral and spiritual questions raised by the devastating events of the Holocaust.
The week of events, leading up to Yom Hashoah on May 2, will feature special guests of national and international prominence, including keynote speaker, Gottfried Wagner, great-grandson of composer Richard Wagner and a highly-regarded author, musicologist and humanitarian; internationally acclaimed musical ensemble Opus Two performing the music of Paul Schoenfield; UNCW resident artists, alban elved dance company; and artists from the faculty of the University of North Carolina statewide system.
Click here for Days of Remembrance Educational Outreach schedules and resources
TICKETS
Tickets and information available at the Kenan Auditorium Box Office, Mon.-Fri.,10 a.m -6 p.m. (910) 962-3500 or toll free (800) 732-3643.
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Pictured above (from left to right): Paul Schoenfield, Gottfried Wagner, "Journey #3" by artist Annie Hogan, and Karola Luttringhaus of alban elved dance company
| Monday, April 28 |
Sound and Silence: a multi-media concert
UNCW Cultural Arts Building Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
$12 general public / $10 Educator Rate / $6 Student Rate
A program of music and film recounts and reflects on the atrocties of the Holocaust. This unique program features performances by UNCW Department of Music faculty members Robert Nathanson (classical guitar), Mary Jo White (flute), Barry David Salwen (piano) and Nancy King (soprano) with guest pianist, Norman Bemelmans; and a screening of Alain Resnais’ powerful and provocative award-winning film Nuit et brouillard (read more)
| Tuesday, April 29 |
Keynote Address: After Auschwitz: How Do We Speak of the Unspeakable?
UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 8 p.m.
$12 general public / $10 Educator Rate / $6 Student Rate (includes reception)
Reception to follow
Dr. Gottfried Wagner, great-grandson of composer Richard Wagner and highly acclaimed author, musicologist and humanitarian, speaks about his family’s close cooperation with the Third Reich his personal struggle to confront that history, and the ongoing issues of racism and genocide in a post-Holocaust world (read more)
Recent Articles on Gottfried Wagner:
"Hitler links: A Wagner, and not proud of it"
The Independent (UK), Wednesday April 9, 2008
"Haunted by the sins of his fathers"
Financial Times (UK), March 22, 2008
| Wednesday, April 30 |
Celebrating the Works of Paul Schoenfield
UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 8 p.m.
$18 general public / $14 Educator Rate / $6 Student Rate
The award-winning Opus Two chamber ensemble performs a program of acclaimed composer Paul Schoenfield's recent works, nominated for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Opus Two, joined by special guests Andres Diaz (cello) and Stephen Cohen (clarinet), present works from their newly released collection Souvenirs: Music of Paul Schoenfield (Azica Records), including Schoenfield's Sparks of Glory, a composition directly inspired by and derived from traditional Jewish sources and writings from the Holocaust. (read more)
| Thursday, May 1 |
Art and Social Conscience: Holocaust
Cameron Art Museum
6 p.m. Cameron Art Museum Members Reception
7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Free Public Reception
7:30 p.m. Presentation by Gottfried Wagner
For more information visit the Cameron Art Museum online
Cameron Art Museum’s new exhibition Art and Social Conscience: Holocaust begins a 5-month run with a special opening reception. The exhibition is comprised of work by art faculty members from the University of North Carolina statewide system, responding to the Holocaust and its larger context of mankind’s inhumanity to man. The May 1st opening reception will also feature a multi-media presentation by special guest, Gottfried Wagner about his new opera Lost Childhood. (read more)
| Friday, May 2 |
Luncheon Seminar: Art and the Holocaust in the 21st Century
Cameron Art Museum, Noon - 2 p.m.
Adavance reservations required by April 30
$12 (includes box lunch)
Special guest Gottfried Wagner joins Norman Bemelmans, Donald Furst and Barry David Salwen for a Luncheon and Panel Discussion on Art and the Holocaust in the 21st Century. (read more)
| Saturday, May 3 |
INERTIA by alban elved dance company
Norman Bemelmans, guest pianist
UNCW Kenan Auditorium, 8 p.m.
$18 general public / $14 Educator Rate / $6 Student Rate
UNCW Resident Dance Company alban elved, presents Inertia. Choreographed by Karola Lüttringhaus, Inertia utilizes a fierce, athletic style of dance, striking imagery, and historic Jewish melodies to explore the artist’s reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust. Norman Bemelmans, guest pianist. (read more)
TICKETS & INFORMATION are available at the Kenan Auditorium Box Office,
Mon. - Fri.,10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (910) 962-3500 or toll free (800) 732-3643
UNCW Office of Cultural Arts would like to acknowledge the partnership of the following local and statewide organizations, whose support has made the 2008 Days of Remembrance commemoration possible:
B’Nai Israel
Cameron Art Museum
North Carolina Council on the Holocaust
Temple of Israel
UNCW Department of Art & Art History
