The Last Musician of Auschwitz is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and other musicians at the Auschwitz concentration camp who used music as a form of resistance and testimony. The film features first-person accounts from Holocaust survivors and includes new interpretations of musical works written by victims, highlighting themes of loss, cultural memory, and the resilience of the human spirit amidst the horrors of the camp.

Read a review of the film from The Guardian and watch the trailer.

Musicians from the Phoenix Chamber Ensemble of the Blavatnik Chamber Music Series will perform 45 minutes of music from the film, and other pieces played by prisoners at Auschwitz, before the screening.

Program:
J.S.Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite No.2 in D minor
F.Schubert: Andante con moto from Piano Trio Op. 100 in E flat Major
W.A.Mozart: Allegro from Sonata in E minor, K 304 for violin and piano
Joseph Achron: Stimmungen Op. 32 No. 1
W.A. Mozart: Romance from Eine Kleine Nacht Music, ttranscribed for violin, cello and piano
Adam Kopycinski: Kolysanka, trancribed for violin, cello and piano by Inessa Zaretsky
F. Schubert: March millitaire in D Major, D.733 for piano 4 hands (5 min) (music was played at the camp)
R.Schumann: Träumerei for cello

Performers:
Anna Elashvili - violin
Aaron Wolff - cello
Inessa Zaretsky - piano
Vassa Shevel - piano

Part of the Center’s programming series Anne Frank in History and Memory in connection with Anne Frank The Exhibition. Purchase your tickets to the exhibition here.