TLI Presents: “I am alive because of music” with Mark Ludwig
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TLI Presents: “I am alive because of music” with Mark Ludwig
TLI Presents: “I am alive because of music” with Mark Ludwig
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Mark Ludwig, Arts Activist and Holocaust Music Scholar
A phrase — echoed by many composers and artists living under Nazi tyranny — captures how faith and music became deeply intertwined sources of resistance, comfort, and survival. Figures such as Olivier Messiaen, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and the composers imprisoned in the Terezín concentration camp drew on these forces to create works of remarkable resilience. Fulbright Holocaust music scholar Mark Ludwig explores several of these inspiring compositions, presented alongside live performances of string chamber music.
