With this volume, the mezzo-soprano Andrea Schwab recalls the music and work of eleven extraordinary women who had the courage and perseverance to live their musical talents in the era from 1900 to 1945, which was marked by two world wars and the Shoah. As persecuted Jews, as women and as composers, they were exposed to social contempt and the reprisals of Nazi rule in three ways. Several managed to flee abroad, others survived in Austria–discriminated against, but at the same time protected by an Aryan spouse. Those who were deported ended up at concentration camps–and continued to compose there.
In the individual portraits, an attempt is made to trace the wonder of how these musicians managed to hold on to their art against all obstacles and under the most adverse circumstances and to create immortal music.
 
Moderator: Irene Suchy
Mezzo-soprano: Andrea Schwab
Guitar: Isolde Santana
Reading: Christine Renhardt
 
Works by Mathilde von Rothschild, Ilse Weber and Camilla Frydan will be presented.
 
With the support of the Future Fund of the Republic of Austria and the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism.
 
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