Name: Peace Imagined: an evening of music
Start: 2024-10-27T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-27T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Peace Imagined: an evening of music

Partner

Music of Remembrance
http://www.musicofremembrance.org
info@musicofremembrance.org
(206) 365-7770

Venue

Benaroya Hall
200 University Street, Downtown Seattle, Seattle

Visions of peace have helped sustain people in the darkest of times and inspired bold ideas and actions to create a better world.

Two works by Afghan-born composer Milad Yousufi reflect his dream of making a difference to the rich culture of his troubled homeland. His Imaginary Peace is a message of hope amid a world of conflict. His I cried portrays the longing for home of a refugee wandering to an unknown destination. Imaginative works by Erwin Schulhoff and Sándor Kuti, two composers murdered in the Holocaust, challenge us to imagine what they and so many others might have created in longer lives and in a normal world. A musical setting of Primo Levi’s haunting literary witness to the Holocaust searingly depicts the struggle to preserve a human identity in the face of overwhelming forces bent on destroying it.

Guest artist: soprano Vanessa Isiguen

Special guest: composer Milad Yousufi

Upcoming Dates

Sun, Oct 27, 2024 5:00pm

Age Recommendation

All ages welcome

Ticket Availability

Tickets can be purchased at the Benaroya Hall Box Office starting one hour before the event.

Box Office Info

Benaroya Hall is located in the heart of downtown Seattle, directly across Second Avenue from the Seattle Art Museum. Benaroya Hall is served by mutiple bus routes and the Seattle Light Rail.

Equity Statement

"Music of Remembrance fills a unique role throughout the world by remembering the Holocaust through music. With concert performances, educational programs, recordings, and commissions of new works by some of today’s leading composers, MOR honors those of all backgrounds who found the strength to create even in the face of suffering, and those who had the courage to speak out against cruelty. We tell stories that communicate urgent lessons for today, and we look beyond the Holocaust itself to the experience of others who have been excluded or persecuted for their faith, ethnicity, gender or sexuality."

For more information about Music of Remembrance's commitment to equity and racial justice, view their full equity statement.