Auschwitz survivor and fighter against fascism Esther Bejarano has died
Hundreds of thousands are mourning the death of Jewish Auschwitz survivor Esther Bejarano, who died on Saturday night at the age of 96. She was deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in 1943 at the age of 18 and only survived the Nazis’ machinery of murder because she was accepted into the Auschwitz girls’ orchestra as an accordion player.
The courageous contemporary witness with small alert eyes and a haunting voice had made it her life’s work to break the silence about the crimes of the Nazis and to fight against the return of fascism and war.
Los Angeles Opera s new Signature Recital Series gives vocal music fans exclusive access to astounding performances in intimate settings-filmed in stunning venues across this country and in Europe-streamed directly to home screens. Tenor Russell Thomas, LA Opera s Artist in Residence, partners with pianist Mi-Kyung Kim for a mesmerizing rendition of Schumann s
Dichterliebe (Poet s Love), Total Eclipse from Handel s Samson, and love songs by Adolphus Hailstork and Robert Owens.
From the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, mezzo-soprano Susan Graham sings a collection of songs by 20th-century composer Kurt Weill that range from the yearning Lonely House, to the tantalizing I m a Stranger Here Myself, and the nostalgic September Song. Russell Thomas and Susan Graham s recitals will be available until July. Recitals by Christine Goerke, Julia Bullock and J Nai Bridges will become available in May and June. Access to all five concerts costs $30 for LAO subscribers and $45
Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer: I belong here
Berliner Margot Friedländer, 99, returned to her hometown in 2010 after more than 60 years in New York. She has been retelling her story ever since. Susanne Lenz, 27.1.2021 - 16:38 Uhr
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Photo: dpa/Gregor FischerMargot Friedländer pictured in Berlin in 2019.
Berlin - When do you want to come? asks Margot Friedländer on the phone. Just a moment, she says, she has to get her diary. She has lots of free days in it now that she has hardly any invitations - the schools are closed, and so are the other institutions where, before corona, she would go to speak about her life. Does that get her down? Of course, she says, who knows how much time I have left. She turns 100 this year.