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Violins of Hope: Schedule of Events

 

Niv Ashkenazi


Monday, January 13, 2025

St. Cecilia School

Music and discussion with Niv Ashkenazi
closed to the public

Orange County Holocaust Education Center


Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Orange County Educational Arts Academy

Music and discussion with Niv Ashkenazi
closed to the public

Orange County Holocaust Education Center


Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Orange County Holocaust Education Center

Music and Tour for Orange High School students with Niv Ashkenazi
closed to the public

Mostly Kosher


Thursday, March 20, 2025

Soka Performing Arts Center 

Sounds Around the Globe education program with Mostly Kosher
closed to the public

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Fish Interfaith Center at Chapman University

An Evening of Holocaust Remembrance
free, reservations required

Orange County Holocaust Education Center


Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Orange County Holocaust Education Center

Music and Tour for Orange High School students with Niv Ashkenazi
closed to the public

Violin Maker

April 23-May 11, 2025

International City Theatre

The Violin Maker is a powerful and uplifting play about the extraordinary story of Israeli violin maker, Amnon Weinstein, founder of the Violins of Hope collection, and the stories of all the restored violins played during the Holocaust.

Orange County Holocaust Education Center 2


Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Orange County Holocaust Education Center

Music and Tour for Cabrillo Point Academy with Niv Ashkenazi
closed to the public


May 15-May 31, 2025

Hilbert Museum of California Art

Instruments on display for public
free, reservations required

Mostly Kosher

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Soka Performing Arts Center 

Songs & Stories of Hope: A Free Family Concert with Mostly Kosher
free, reservations required

Violins of Hope education engagements will be held in the months leading up to the collection arrival in early June 2025. As part of these engagements, the Philharmonic Society will be visiting schools and community centers with violinist Niv Ashkenazi, the only musician to have one of the Violins of Hope in their possession. These engagements will discuss the stories of the violins and their involvement with the Holocaust and the survivors.

To learn more about Violins of Hope education and engagement opportunities please contact: education@philharmonicsociety.org