TŌN in Germany: Grant Us Peace

TŌN performs in Germany, marking the orchestra’s first visit abroad on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. This concert, at the invitation of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, commemorates the date exactly 80 years ago when the Second World War in Europe ended in 1945. The memorial concert features music by Mendelssohn, whose music was banned during the Nazi era owing to his Jewish heritage. By featuring Mendelssohn’s music, the concert seeks to recall the hope that the 1945 victory in Europe over Nazism would bring peace and tolerance in a new world without war. The program spotlights Polish violinist Anna Reszniak, concertmaster of the Nürnberger Symphoniker, and award-winner of the Poznan Wieniawski Competition and the Sion-Valais Shlomo Mintz competitions, among many others.

The concert will be broadcast live on German radio by Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Under the patronage of the Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg, Marcus König.