Music and Memory: Piano Sonatas of Viktor Ullmann

$18 | $10 for Spertus members | $8 for students Buy Tickets Now. Or call 312.322.1773 Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) was a leading composer of his generation. Stirred by Goethe’s maxim, “live within the moment, live in eternity,” his music is autobiographical, accessible, and pays homage to the past by quoting music from Mozart to Yiddish folksong, from operetta to Bach. In September 1942, Ullman was deported by the Nazis to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where he continued to compose. In October 1944, he was transported to Aushwitz and murdered in the gas chambers.

In commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Spertus welcomes Jeanne Golan to celebrate Ullman’s life and work.

Jeanne Golan is a pianist and award-winning professor of music who has performed extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe. She recently spent her sabbatical year recording the complete piano sonatas of Viktor Ullmann, pieces that span from his days as a prominent musical figure in Prague to his internment at Theresienstadt.