For Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Holocaust Victim's Concerto Takes Center Stage

On May 7, 2009, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra will perform for the first time a concerto written by a Hungarian composer who was murdered during the Holocaust.

The piece was discovered by chance by the Symphony's lead violist, Amos Boasson, as he browsed through the music in a shop. He later learned the fate of the composer, Laszlo Weiner, who was only 28 years old when he died in a German labor camp.

In this video piece, journalist Mordechai Twersky was granted rare access to the Symphony's rehearsal. We hear from Maestro and Music Director Leon Botstein, who reveals his own personal connection to the Holocaust.

And we hear from Mr. Boasson, who, since his "discovery" of the piece, researched the composer/conductor's life and the circumstances of his tragic death.

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