Jueves 20 de abril 630 PM NY Fwd: “Innovators in Exile” – – Live Concert – Free – Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Innovators in Exile
Composers Who Fled the Nazis
Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Center for Jewish History
Co-production of the Leo Baeck Institute, Elysium Between Two Continents and the American Society for Jewish Music
In 1922, a group of musicians organized a festival in Salzburg to showcase modern music. Seen by some scholars as an attempt to subvert the conservative image of a newly-founded Austria being promoted by the Salzburg Festival, the festival returned in 1923 as the International Society for Contemporary Music, which still exists today.
Join us in honoring the centennial of the ISCM with three evenings of music from these exiled composers, including Rudolf Reti, Paul Pisk, Karl Weigl, Hugo Kauder, Wilhelm Grosz, Egon Lustgarten, Paul Hindemith, and Egon Wellesz.
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Even by 1923, the festival had already earned the ire of anti-modernists, with one reporter calling the participants “musical Bolsheviks.” The majority of those composers would later be exiled – either as Jews or because Nazi ideology linked modernism with Jewishness and communism. Most of these composers, in the midst of or on the precipice of vibrant careers, are now virtually unknown.
On April 20th, at the Center for Jewish History, we will kick off the series with chamber works and talks by Michael Haas (exil.arte) and Alexis Rodda (soprano, program coordinator of Elysium Between Two Continents, and independent musicologist).
Two evenings of music for smaller ensembles and soloists are planned at the Austrian Cultural Forum (11 E. 52nd St.) on April 24th and 26th, 2023.
Live Concert – Free, by Registration
