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- Conceived by Foundation President and Founder, Murry Sidlin, a distinguished conductor, educator, and artistic innovator, Defiant Requiem was written and directed by Doug Shultz.
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History. The story of Defiant Requiem began in Minneapolis, MN in the mid-1990’s when noted conductor and educator Murry Sidlin, then on the faculty of the University of Minnesota, happened upon a book entitled Music in Terezín, 1941–1945 by Joža Karas.
- Theresienstadt During World War II
- Rafael Schächter
- Performances of Verdi’s Requiem
- International Red Cross Visit
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Theresienstadt is the German name for the garrison city of Terezín which is located northwest of Prague in what is now the Czech Republic. The fortress there was built between 1780-1790 by the Habs...For three and half years, from 1941-45, the Nazis used Terezín as a Concentration Camp and Ghetto.More than 140,000 Jews passed through the Camp, which covers about 3.5 square miles. Most were deported “east” to death camps such as Auschwitz. According to the Holocaust Research Project, that nu...About 15,000 children passed through Terezín, with only 10 percent estimated to have survived.Born in Braila, Romania, on May 27, 1905.Graduated from Prague Conservatory after studying piano, composition and conducting.Founded the Prague Chamber Opera in 1937.Arrested and deported to Terezín in 1941.Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was an Italian composer who is known, in large part, for his operas which are still performed frequently today.His Requiem Mass is an oratorio and was premiered in 1874. The Latin text is from the Roman Catholic funeral mass. Its inspiration was the deaths of composer Gioachino Rossini in 1868 and the poet/...The piece is scored for orchestra, but was performed 16 times by Rafael Schächter and his prisoner choir in Terezín, accompanied only by a single piano.As members of Schächter’s 150-person choir were deported, he recruited others. The final performance, in 1944 for a delegation from the International Red Cross and members of the Nazi command, had...In June 1944, the SS allowed delegates from the International Red Cross and the Danish Red Cross to visit Terezín after receiving pressure from the Danish King following the deportation of Danish J...The visit became infamous after the Nazis implemented an elaborate operation to deceive the delegation.As part of the ruse, inmates were forced to plant gardens, refurbish barracks, paint and rehearse programs for the delegation. Before their arrival, deportations increased so that only health priso...United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-features/special-focus/theresienstadtThe Jewish Virtual Library: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/terezin.htmlMusic and the Holocaust: http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/theresienstadt/schachter-rafael/The National WWII Museum: http://www.nww2m.com/2016/05/featured-artifact-terezin-currency/Holocaust Education and Archive Research Team: http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/terezin.htmlHolocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center: http://www.holocaustawarenessmuseum.org/content/art-from-within-terezinPBS: http://www.pbs.org/program/defiant-requiem-voices-resistance/Apr 10, 2019 · In the Terezin concentration camp, Jewish conductor Rafael Schachter led a chorus of fellow prisoners in Verdi's Requiem before his death at the hands of Nazis.
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In April 2005, the conductor Murry Sidlin conceived, wrote and conducted Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin, a performance to honour Raphael Schächter. 'I must tell the story,' Sidlin declared, 'of an unsung hero, Raphael Schächter, who was a passionate conductor, a risk taker and a man motivated by music to serve humanity.'
Defiant Requiem: Music as Resistance with Conductor Murry Sidlin. Hear award-winning conductor Murry Sidlin tell the story of Rafael Schächter, an imprisoned conductor who led a creative ...
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Apr 21, 2022 · The “Defiant Requiem” was performed on its 20th anniversary Wednesday at The Music Center at Strathmore. Photo: Randy Sager. A conductor named Rafael Schächter, condemned to the Nazis’ Terezín (Theresienstadt) concentration camp, managed to smuggle in a piano score of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem.
