MURRY SIDLIN
“When words are no longer adequate, when our passion is greater than we are able to express in a usual manner, that’s when art begins. Some people go to the canvas and paint; some dance and others make music. But we all go beyond our normal means of communication; and this IS the common human experience for all people on this planet.”
Murry Sidlin
RECENT PERFORMANCES
May 1st, 2011 at 3pm
DEFIANT REQUIEM: VERDI AT TEREZIN
Bemidji Symphony Orchestra, Bemidji, Minnesota. Also featuring Bemidji State University Choir and the Bemidji Chorale
The Bemidji Pioneer (excerpts), May 3, 2011
By PATT RALL, Associated Press
“CONCERT EMOTIONALLY IMPACTS AUDIENCE”
...A fitting end to the Legacy Destination Weekend was heard and appreciated by people who came from Bemidji and environs when the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra, the Bemidji Chorale, the Bemidji State University Choir, soloists, actors with Theatre B from Fargo, N.D., and survivors from Terezin told the story of Rafael (Rafe) Schaechter....
...“The whole experience was so wonderful,” said [BSO Music Director Beverly] Everett. “It was 10 times more wonderful than I had ever hoped it would be. Murry [Sidlin] was an important mentor to me at an early point in my music career.”
...Patricia Mason, director of the Bemidji Chorale, joined her singers on stage for a performance that they have been rehearsing since January. “It was an incredibly moving, powerful experience that left us physically, emotionally drained, and at the same time energized,” said Mason.
...“When the choirs left the stage and walked up the aisles into the audience, it was amazing to see and feel the impact of the work on the faces of the people,” said Mason. “This performance indeed showed the power of music to sustain the human spirit, and it also demonstrated the richness of the arts in this community.”...
For review see: Reviews/Quotes
Read the entire review at http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/article/id/100028113/
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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES/EVENTS
NEW:
February 26-29, 2012
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC TEREZIN CONFERENCE
Leeds College of Music; Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Maestro Murry Sidlin will be a Keynote Speaker at the Conference and will conduct Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on February 29th.
This is an international conference about music and musicians interned in the Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp during World War II.
For more information on the Conference see:
http://postgraduate.lcm.ac.uk/international-terezin-music-conference
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April 15, 2012
DEFIANT REQUIEM: VERDI AT TEREZIN
Columbia, South Carolina
The opening musical program presented in collaboration with the University of South Carolina's (USC) School of Music will offer the South Carolina premiere of “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin” . This concert is the first of many events as part of “A Week of Remembrance...a Celebration of Jewish Culture”.
Mezzo-Soprano Janet Hopkins, Assistant Profession of Voice at the USC School of Music, will perform as the mezzo soloist.
For more information on the USC event see:
http://requiemsc.webs.com/home.htm
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May 31, 2012
DEFIANT REQUIEM: VERDI AT TEREZIN
Jerusalem, Israel with the Jerusalem Symphony and the Kuhn Choir from Prague, Czech Republic. This concert is sponsored by The Israel Festival - 2012.
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July 21, 2012
DEFIANT REQUIEM: VERDI AT TEREZIN
The Berkshire Choral Festival, 2012
Sheffield, Massachusetts
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October 11, 2012
DEFIANT REQUIEM: VERDI AT TEREZIN
Atlanta, Georgia with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. This concert is sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of Atlanta.
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Currently in production and coming in early 2012 - Release of the documentary film, “Voices of Defiance.” To learn more about this feature-length documentary film please go to www.defiantrequiem.org
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Stayed tuned for information on more DEFIANT REQUIEM performances in the United States and Europe - coming soon!
For further information on The Defiant Requiem Foundation, The Rafael Schächter Institute of the Arts and Humanities at Terezin or Murry Sidlin, please also see www.defiantrequiem.org
Thank you for visiting my site where you can find out more about the “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin” Concert Drama and the Illuminations Concerts.
I hope that you will take a few minutes to learn about “Defiant Requiem”, a project close to my heart. I am proud and humbled to be at the forefront of telling the story of these courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp during World War II who learned Verdi’s Requiem Mass by rote and then performed it 16 times as a statement of defiance and resistance, answering the worst of mankind with the best of mankind. I know you will find Defiant Requiem Story enlightening and inspiring.
If you are interested in bringing Defiant Requiem, the Concert Drama, to your area or presenting one of the many Illumination Concerts, please contact me at defiantrequiem.sidlin@gmail.com or msidlin@gmail.com
Welcome to my website
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RECENT PERFORMANCES/EVENTS
NEW:
September 25th, 2011
Maestro Murry Sidlin was honored by Archbishop Dominik Duka of the Czech Republic with the commemorative medal of St. Agnes of Bohemia in a presentation at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington D.C. This medal was a special award from the Czech Archdiocese and was given to Maestro Sidlin in acknowledgement of his philanthropic efforts and activities in the United States and the Czech Republic.
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May 10th, 2011
Maestro Murry Sidlin was the recipient of the 2011 Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award. The Award honors alumni who have typified the Johns Hopkins tradition of excellent and brought credit to the University by their personal accomplishment, professional achievement, or humanitarian service.
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June 12-16, 2011
THE RAFAEL SCHACHTER INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AT TEREZIN
To read a summary of this exciting and successful event please click here:
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