Defiant Requiem

Rehearsal #3

Maestro Murry Sidlin rehearses the orchestra, chorus and soloists for the Anchorage Concert Chorus performances of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín on April 8 and 10,

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HOF Rehearsal #2

Maestro Murry Sidlin rehearses the orchestra, chorus and soloists for the Anchorage Concert Chorus performances of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín on April 8 and 10,

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DR: Marianka Zadikow-May

A video testimonial from Terezín Chorus Survivor Marianka Zadikow-May is shown during the opening of the May 1, 2014, performance of Defiant Requiem at The Music Center at Strathmore.  (Photo credit: Randy Sager)

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DR: Strathmore performance

Maestro Murry Sidlin leads the orchestra and chorus during the May 1, 2014, performance of Defiant Requiem at The Music Center at Strathmore.  (Photo credit: Randy Sager)

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SCH: St. Vitus arrival

Members of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, and The Kühn Choir of Prague take the stage before the June 6, 2013 performance of Defiant Requiem in St. Vitus Cathedral. (Photo credit: Josef Rabara)

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DR: St. Vitus audience

The audience gathers for the June 6, 2013 performance of Defiant Requiem in St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague. (Photo credit: Josef Rabara)

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SCH: Murry Sidlin and Cardinal

Cardinal Dominik Duka speaks with Maestro Murry Sidlin following the June 6, 2013 performance of Defiant Requiem in St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, as Tomáš Kraus, Secretary of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic and Foundation Board member, looks on. The performance in St. Vitus was given at Cardinal Duka’s invitation. (Photo […]

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DR: Murry conducts

Maestro Murry Sidlin conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of Defiant Requiem on October 11, 2012. (Photo credit: Jeff Roffman)

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Film: Budapest screening

An audience of over 5,000 people attended the May 9, 2010, performance of Defiant Requiem at the Hungarian Railway Museum in Budapest.

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DR: Group at Prague

Members of The Catholic University of America Chorus and The Washington Chorus stop for a group photo by the Jan Hus Memorial in Old Town Square while in Prague for the May 21, 2006 performance of Defiant Requiem.

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Film: Strathmore group

(Front row, from left) Board Chair Stuart E. Eizenstat, concertmaster Herbert Greenberg, Terezín Chorus Survivor Marianka Zadikow-May, and (back row, from left) Liesi (May) Shannon, Tim Shannon, Lori May, Executive Director Louisa Hollman, Terezín Chorus Survivor Edgar Krasa, and Maestro Murry Sidlin gather for a photo following the May 1, 2014, performance of Defiant Requiem […]

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DR: Strathmore Sidlin

Maestro Murry Sidlin introduces the audience to conductor Rafael Schächter, the central figure in the Defiant Requiem story, during the May 1, 2014, performance at The Music Center at Strathmore.  (Photo credit: Randy Sager)

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DR: Strathmore performance

Soloists Arianna Zukerman and Ann McMahon Quintero perform the Agnus Dei from Verdi’s Requiem as footage from the Nazi Propaganda Film made about Theresienstadt is shown in the background during the May 1, 2014, performance of Defiant Requiem at The Music Center at Strathmore. (Photo credit: Randy Sager)

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DR: Peabody-Hopkins Chorus

Members of the Peabody-Hopkins Chorus and Peabody Singers perform Defiant Requiem in April 2013.

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DR: GUT Instinct artwork

The Defiant Requiem Foundation’s award-winning original poster artwork, designed by GUT Instinct Creative.

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DR: Performer leaves Riding School

A performer leaves the Municipal Riding School in Terezín following a rehearsal for the Defiant Requiem performance on May 20, 2006.

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