BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:20220918T190000Z UID: 6805cb013af34 DTSTAMP:20250420T233513Z LOCATION:Denkmann Memorial Building DESCRIPTION:The ATLYS string quartet will present a concert of works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy\, Viktor Ullmann\, Symon Laks\, and Leo Smit.\n\nBecause they were Jewish\, these are four of the many composers who were labeled ¡°degenerate¡± by the Nazis and banned from public performance during the Third Reich. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy disappeared from the concert stage. Ullmann and Smit were incarcerated in concentration camps\, yet continued to write music until their transport to death camps. Laks survived Auschwitz where he directed the camp orchestra.\n\nDr. Janina Ehrlich\, Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø professor of music\, will offer context in words and images. \;\n\nThe community-wide project\, Out of Darkness: Holocaust Messages for Today\, is a Quad Cities community-wide project that includes programming to promote dignity\, diversity\, equity\, democratic values\, human rights\, and the power of the human spirit.\n\nPlease note: \;This programming includes content that may not be suitable for young children.\n URL;VALUE=URI:/about-us/events/2022/out-darkness-atlys-string-quartet SUMMARY:Out of Darkness: ATLYS String Quartet DTSTART:20220918T190000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR