Ashes to Light: A Holocaust Childhood to a Life in Music

ISBN-13: 9781788313094 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 240 str.

Nelly Ben-Or

Opis

Moving Holocaust memoir, describing a Holocaust childhood and a career in music

Recenzje

An extraordinary biography of an extraordinary life ... the book is beautifully written, relating the various horrors and adventures clearly, simply, intelligently and with great compassion for all the actors in this terrible drama ... I thoroughly recommend this truly outstanding book of a truly uplifting life. Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique

Spis treści

PrefaceAcknowledgementsPART I: THE WAR YEARS1 September 1939 - Nazis invade PolandBeginnings of the NightmareIn the ghetto and escapeContinuous hidingWarsawA brief haven of peaceTrembacka Street, WarsawWarsaw UprisingProszkow - semi-freedomThe last winter of the warEnd of Nazi OccupationBeginning of new lifePART II: JOURNEYS THROUGH LIFE13.Fulfilment through Learning14.New influences - literature15.Jasia, Poldi, Julian16.To the promised land - Israel17.Henrietta Michaelson and the Jerusalem Music Academy18.The Mozart competition and public concerts19.Marriage to Gabi Ben-Or20.Death of HenriettaPART III: ENGLAND FROM 196021.London - the Alexander Technique22.Shadows from the Past - inner illness23.Married to Roger Clynes24.Various journeys25.ReflectionsAppendices

O autorze

Nelly Ben-Or MBE is a distinguished pianist and piano teacher. Born in Poland, she survived the Holocaust and now lives in London. She teaches in the keyboard department at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has broadcast frequent recitals for the BBC, performed at major concert venues in the UK and in many countries overseas. In 1963 she qualified as a teacher of the Alexander Technique - the first professional pianist to do so. She is now internationally-recognised as a leading exponent of the technique. She regularly gives masterclasses at music conservatoires, universities and at her own twice-yearly international courses in London. She regularly gives talks about her Holocaust experience, especially around Holocaust Memorial Day.