Violins of Hope

In his Tel Aviv workshop, full of scents of wood, varnish, and lacquer, Amnon Weinstein brings back life to violins that were abandoned or snatched from victims of the Holocaust. These violins bear on their soundboards, necks and soundholes the scars of the concentration camps or of their urgent escape from Nazi persecutors. Amnon has gathered 105 violins and a few cellos, which form the "Violins of Hope" collection.

Leshnoff conducting his Symphony No. 4 featuring the Violins of Hope

Niv Ashkenazi performing Jewish repertoire on an instrument from the Violins of Hope collection

Recorded live at Kohl Mansion, Burlingame, CA, January 18-19, 2020