Music Restored Events
Voices of Vienna
6 pm, Pre-concert Discussion. Voices of Vienna concludes with a full performance by Music Restored Program Director Adam Millstein, pianist Dominic Cheli, and Conservatory of Music students. Come early for a pre-concert discussion with The New Yorker’s critic Alex Ross, who will join Barbara von Bechtolsheim and Millstein.
Max Kade Institute For Austrian-German-Swiss Studies, University of Southern California, Dornsife
Barbara von Bechtolsheim, executive director of the Hugo Kauder Society, and Music Restored Program Director Adam Millstein offer engaging insights on Kauder, Zeisl, Toch, and Krenek, who the Nazis had labeled as “degenerate,” but who also made an impact on 20th-century music. Colburn Conservatory of Music students join Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli in performing repertoire from the composers.
Voices of Vienna - Villa Aurora: Remembering the Exiles
An esteemed panel leads a discussion of exiled Austrian composers—Kauder, Zeisl, Toch, and Krenek—who found new homes and creative outlets in the United States. Colburn Conservatory of Music students join Music Restored Program Director Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli in performing repertoire from the composers.
Past Event: Adam Millstein Recital with David Hausknecht
Music Restored: The Ziering-Conlon Center for Exiled and Suppressed Composers Program Director and violinist Adam Millstein joined pianist David Hausknecht for a sold-out performance at the legendary Bösendorfer Salon in Vienna. Programming for the evening included Korngold, Mozart, Schulhoff, Arlen, and Smetana.
Past Event: Exploring Czech Masterworks
James Conlon, one of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, leads the Music Restored Ensemble in a love letter to Bohemian melodies.
Past Event: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center and Cincinnati Museum Center perform a commemorative program featuring a chamber ensemble from the CSO and honors Holocaust survivor Henry Meyer, who rebuilt his life in Cincinnati after the war. A founding member of the internationally acclaimed LaSalle Quartet and a beloved longtime professor at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Meyer shaped generations of musicians and left a lasting mark on the city’s cultural landscape. The repertoire reflects his artistic legacy and includes works once banned under the Nazi regime. This program is presented in connection with Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.
Past Event: Adam Millstein, Violin and Dominic Cheli, Piano
The dynamic duo of violinist Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli performs works by innovative Czech composers who profoundly impacted the trajectory of 20th-century music.
Past Event: The Music of Poland
Despite being a friend and contemporary of Shostakovich, Mieczysław Weinberg and his musical genius went unrecognized for much of the 20th century due to Soviet-Era suppression. This concert highlights three of Weinberg’s more than 150 works: a playful flute concerto, a concertino for violin and string orchestra, and a dramatic chamber symphony.
Past Event: ARC Ensemble
Canada’s Grammy-nominated ARC Ensemble (Artists of The Royal Conservatory), a group dedicated to the recovery of suppressed and lost 20th century music, performs a program of rarely-heard works for clarinet, piano, and strings.
Past Event: The Music of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Walter Arlen
Dedicated to emigre, composer, and long-time Los Angeles resident Walter Arlen, this program features premieres of works by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Walter Arlen, who both fled fascism and artistic repression in Europe and made their home in Los Angeles. The concert will include US premiere performances of quartets by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, including one written based on the name of Walter Arlen.
Past Event: Shostakovich and Weinberg, A Journey toward Hope
Shostakovich would have written his quintet in 1940 shortly before meeting Weinberg for the first time. Fleeing the invading German forces in 1941, Weinberg made his way to Uzbekistan eventually meeting Shostakovich. After this meeting, Weinberg stated: “It was as if I had been born anew… Although I took no lessons from him (Shostakovich) he was the first person to whom I would show each of my new works.” Weinberg’s Quintet shows his musical admiration of the older Shostakovich, while still retaining his own steely personality throughout.
Past Event: Exiles in Hollywood
Violinist Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli will perform a one-hour selection of concert music by composers who shaped the sound of film music.
Past Event: The Mondavi Center presents Recovered Voices
Maestro James Conlon leads the Colburn Orchestra in performances by Korngold, Schoenberg, and Schreker — composers whose works were nearly buried by the Nazi regime. Following the concert, Maestro Conlon signs copies of the Shapeshifter album, produced by the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices and featuring the music of Erwin Schulhoff.
Past Event: Shostakovich and Weinberg, A Story of Loss and Healing Power
Using the music of Dimitri Shostakovich and Mieczysław Weinberg, this concert paints a picture of the composers’ friendship and life at the end of World War II.
Past Event: Shapeshifter, The Music of Erwin Schulhoff
Hear the distinctive voice and powerful music of Erwin Schulhoff. Effortlessly shifting between styles, Schulhoff’s compositions were influenced by Dada, Impressionism, Jazz, Czech national music, and Socialist Realism. Nearly erased by the Nazi regime, the music of Erwin Schulhoff is given new life by Colburn’s Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices.