This beautiful photography book chronicles the work of Ammon Weinstein, master violin maker and creator of an educational program about the Holocaust so moving and magnificent he received an Anne Frank Special Recognition Award for his efforts.
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Born in Austria, Franz Welser-Möst is one of the most acclaimed conductors of the twenty-first century.
The book\'s foreword is written by arguably the most well-suited individual anywhere.
The care that Levin has taken to hone in on the idiosyncrasies of Amnon\'s workshop, and his uncanny ability to celebrate the beauty of light, is nothing short of remarkable.
For what Weinstein has done with these lost Violins has been to transform tragic loss into triumph in the most insightful and powerful way imaginable.
This book is not a document of place, as much as it is a document of the ethereal.
In Violins and Hope, Daniel Levin has made the most compelling and beautiful series of photographs documenting Weinstein\'s collection of violins, his workshop in Tel Aviv, and his processes for restoration.
For his efforts, Amnon and his Violins of Hope project received the 2020 Anne Frank Special Recognition Award, created by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to honor those who have demonstrated a commitment to fighting intolerance, antisemitism, racism, or discrimination.
In doing so, it\'s as if the past owners of the instruments return to fill the listener-observer\'s mind and body.
Purposefully, Weinstein makes certain that young musicians as well as members of some of the world\'s most famed orchestras perform on them to packed concert halls.
Following restoration, these hauntingly beautiful instruments have been used in performances by symphonies in Berlin, Cleveland, Istanbul, London, Quebec, Paris, San Francisco, and many other cities across the world.
To date, more than seventy Violins have been restored to their highest playable condition.
Trained by three of the most revered Cremona, Italian luthiers of the twentieth century, Weinstein\'s vision was to restore Violins that survived the concentration camps and the ghettos, even when their owners often did not.
Gold Winner of the 2022 IPPY Awards in History FOREWORD REVIEW\'S 2021 INDIES FINALIST for Best Book in Photography Amnon Weinstein, an Israeli master luthier (violin maker), began a project years ago that may be one of the most creative, effective, and magnificent approaches to education on the topic of the Holocaust.
This beautiful photography book chronicles the work of Ammon Weinstein, master violin maker and creator of an educational program about the Holocaust so moving and magnificent he received an Anne Frank Special Recognition Award for his efforts
