Violins of Hope. In 2018, Amnon Weinstein,
founder of Violins of Hope, was invited to
Birmingham to showcase these violins in this
concert titled Dreams of Hope. A highlight
of the concert featured Birmingham native
Caitlin Edwards returning home to perform a
work I was commissioned to write for her to
perform on one of these violins. She chose the
Auschwitz Violin (circa 1850), discovered in that
most-infamous of all the concentration camps.
The work Dreams of Hope for Solo Violin &
Orchestra was so well received that it led to the
creation of the film, which has now been viewed
by millions on PBS stations across America.
As an African American growing up in
Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights
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