Music of Remembrance – Upcoming Concerts
Sparks of Glory: Until When?
Saturday, March 7, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:15pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring works by two American and two Israeli composers whose work touch on the emotional struggle of loss and destruction, and the renewal of self and community.
Free
The Golem
Monday, March 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music of Remembrance explores Jewish legends, featuring music to The Dybbuk and a complete screening of the classic 1920 silent film The Golem, accompanied by a live performance of Israeli composer Betty Olivero's exhilarating klezmer-infused score.
$40 ($30 age 30 and under)
A Little 'Light' Music: Music of Remembrance’s First Annual Fundraiser
Sunday, April 26, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Women's University Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Mingle with MOR artists and enjoy a magical evening of classical music, klezmer, opera and show tunes. This unforgettable evening includes wine, hors d'oeuvres, dinner and live music by our amazing musicians.
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Music of Remembrance: After Life
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein meet again – and argue about art and life – in a new opera by composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason, commissioned by Music of Remembrance.
$40 ($30 age 30 and under)
Sparks of Glory: After Life
Saturday, September 26, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Darius Milhaud – Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 157b
Rosy Wertheim – Le Tsigane Dans La Lune
Henriette Bosmans – Nuit Calme
Tom Cipullo – After Life (2015) – selected arias
Rosy Wertheim – Le Tsigane Dans La Lune
Henriette Bosmans – Nuit Calme
Tom Cipullo – After Life (2015) – selected arias
Free
Music of Remembrance: La Revue de Cuisine
Sunday, November 8, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Capriccio, Op. 11 (1943)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Aria, Op. 9 (1942)
Joel Engel – Freilachs, Op. 20, No. 2 (1923)
Songs of the Vilna Ghetto
Franz Schreker – The Wind (1909)
Dick Kattenburg – Deux Valses a la Ravel
Bohuslav Martinu – La revue de cuisine: ballet du Jazz (1927), H. 161
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Aria, Op. 9 (1942)
Joel Engel – Freilachs, Op. 20, No. 2 (1923)
Songs of the Vilna Ghetto
Franz Schreker – The Wind (1909)
Dick Kattenburg – Deux Valses a la Ravel
Bohuslav Martinu – La revue de cuisine: ballet du Jazz (1927), H. 161
$30-$40
Music of Remembrance presents Art From Ashes — A Concert To Mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wednesday, January 27, 2027 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring songs from the Vilna Ghetto and works by composers whose lives were cut short by Nazi persecution: Hans Krása, Gideon Klein, Viktor Ullmann, Robert Dauber, and Erwin Schulhoff.
Free
Out of Darkness – An Opera of Survival
Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A two-act opera and portrait of survival that conveys the vastness of the scope of the Holocaust through emotionally rich depictions of those caught in its grasp.
$30-$45
Film Screening: 'The Boys of Terezín' + chamber music
Friday, October 22, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
This film takes you inside the Terezín concentration camp as seen through the eyes of teenage boys imprisoned there, and then to the improbable reunion of four survivors 65 years later. The free program includes live musical performance of chamber music composed in Terezín.
Free (Free)
Music of Remembrance: Vedem
Saturday, November 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A moving oratorio based on the words of teenage prisoners in the Terezín concentration camp.
$30-$45
Art from Ashes: International Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert
Sunday, January 23, 2028 @ 5:00pm – 6:45pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A free concert to honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Free (Free)
Music of Remembrance: Ceija
Sunday, May 21, 2028 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The world premiere of a striking multimedia work by rising young composer Mary Kouyoumdjian; works by Osvaldo Golijov paired with new choreography from the innovative Olivier Wevers; and evocative songs by Korngold.
$30-$45
Music of Remembrance: Snow Falls
Sunday, November 5, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
World premieres of works by composers Ryuichi Sakamoto and Keiko Fujiie inspired by Japanese wartime experience, performed alongside Holocaust-inspired chamber music works.
$30-$45
Art from Ashes: MOR International Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert
Monday, January 29, 2029 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring chamber music written in Terezín and the Vilna ghetto, and works by composers whose lives were cut short by Nazi persecution.
Free (Free)
Music of Remembrance: Gaman – to persevere
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Christophe Chagnard – Gaman (2018 – world premiere)
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin
$45 ($30 for under 30)
Gala evening to celebrate MOR’s 20 years, and help ensure twenty more!
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Norcliffe Founders' Room at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mingle with the artists, share a gourmet dinner, and explore exciting silent auction items.
$250+
Music of Remembrance 20th Birthday Celebration Concert
Sunday, November 4, 2029 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pavel Haas – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains" (mvt. 4) (1925)
Lori Laitman – “Memories of Prague” from Vedem (2010)
Paul Schoenfield – “Black Boehm” from Camp Songs (2002)
Viktor Ullmann – Choral arrangements of Yiddish songs (Terezin, 1942)
Joel Engel – The Dybbuk Suite, Op. 35 (1922)
Tom Cipullo – Excerpts from After Life (2015)
Jake Heggie – "Farewell, Auschwitz" from Out of Darkness (2016)
Lori Laitman – “Memories of Prague” from Vedem (2010)
Paul Schoenfield – “Black Boehm” from Camp Songs (2002)
Viktor Ullmann – Choral arrangements of Yiddish songs (Terezin, 1942)
Joel Engel – The Dybbuk Suite, Op. 35 (1922)
Tom Cipullo – Excerpts from After Life (2015)
Jake Heggie – "Farewell, Auschwitz" from Out of Darkness (2016)
$55
Music of Remembrance: 'The City Without Jews' screening w/ new live score
Monday, April 15, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
A special screening of Die Stadt ohne Juden ("The City Without Jews"), a recently-remastered 1924 silent film based on a dystopian novel anticipating the rise of Nazism, with a new score by Guenter Buchwald, performed live.
$10
Music of Remembrance: Tom Cipullo's 'The Parting'
Sunday, May 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A daring opera focusing on an intimate exploration of the life and work of Miklós Radnóti, widely considered one of the most important poetic witnesses to the Holocaust.
$55
Music of Remembrance Presents 'Passage; Confronting Intolerance'
Sunday, November 3, 2030 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Passage
Shinji Eshima – Veritas
Paul Schoenfield – Camp Songs
Shinji Eshima – Veritas
Paul Schoenfield – Camp Songs
$55 ($30 under 30, $5 Teentix)
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