Please join us this Sunday at 2:00 pm for the LAMOTH Lisa Jura Young Pianist Showcase Recital . E leven talented teenage pianists from across the Los Angeles area will play pieces featured in The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek, the true story of the escape by her mother, Jewish musical prodigy Lisa Jura , from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the famed Kindertransport. The students, who were selected  for their talent, advocacy and commitment to Holocaust commemoration, will perform on the historic Blüthner piano in LAMOTH's Holocaust and Music exhibit, which before the Holocaust belonged to a Jewish musician in Germany named Alfred Sendrey.

 

The event also will feature the premiere of the animated short film "Tipping Scales," which tells the story of Lisa Jura's escape from Austria and her development into a concert pianist. The film was created by students at LAMOTH's Righteous Conversations Project Digital Storytelling Workshop this past summer.

Developed in partnership with the Hold On To Your Music Foundation and its founder, author, recording artist, radio host and concert pianist Mona Golabek, the Young Pianist Showcase gives talented young pianists the unique opportunity to learn about and advance the mission of Holocaust education and commemoration through their passion for music.

 
Seating is limited and RSVP to [email protected] is required. For more information about the Young Pianist Showcase, click here.  

Last Friday, L'Dough V'Dough at LAMOTH traveled to Camp Alonim at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in Simi Valley for BBYO's Global Shabbat event, this year with the theme "A Shabbat to Remember." Holocaust survivors and teens braided and baked challah together and shared Shabbat dinner, while learning about each other's personal experiences and life stories -- creating a connection from one generation to the next. Many Survivors had tears in their eyes during a ceremony to induct them into BBYO.

Survivor Phil Raucher shared with LAMOTH Executive Director Samara Hutman, "I never thought something like this would ever happen." Hutman led the teen-survivor panel, where the topic was, "What is your relation to the Holocaust, and what brought you to the program tonight?" "For some survivors, it is their first realization that the teens' experience was never part of their own childhood, as rugged survival was their only priority," Hutman said. "We are so grateful to be able to facilitate these opportunities for our community."
 

For more information about LAMOTH's L'Dough V'Dough project, click here or contact [email protected].