Created by Anna Dumbiotis with RBC students and alumni

27 January 2025 marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. In a world that grows increasingly more divided, memorial and education surrounding this fateful chapter in our history is more relevant than ever.

Music includes works by this affected by Nazi persecution including Hanns Eisler, Ilse Weber, Karel Švenk and Adolf Strauss, as well as works by those whose music retroactively memorialises this history such as Mikis Theodorakis, Lori Laitman.

Tom performs a staged version of Jake Heggie’s Song Cycle ‘For a Look or a Touch’