Memorial Concert
“Stolpersteine” at the Philharmonie Berlin 

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Info

In 1933, four Jewish musicians were members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: 
concertmaster Szymon Goldberg, violinist Gilbert Back, and cellists Nicolai Graudan and 
Joseph Schuster. Because of their heritage and faith, they were systematically marginalised 
by the Nazi regime, and ultimately forced into exile. The Berliner Philharmoniker 
commemorate their Jewish members – with the laying of four Stolpersteine (memorial 
cobblestones, literally “stumbling stones”) in front of the Philharmonie Berlin and a 
subsequent memorial concert in the Chamber Music Hall. 

In it, presenter Shelly Kupferberg introduces the fates and artistic contributions of the four musicians. Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker pay tribute to them with music by Johann Sebastian Bach and works by Erwin Schulhoff and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, two composers whose music was banned under Nazi rule.

The laying of the Stolpersteine is open to the public and the concert can be attended with a 
donation of at least 5 euros in favour of the Margot Friedländer Foundation.

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Artists

Krzysztof Polonek violin
Ludwig Quandt cello
Varian Fry Quartett:
Marlene Ito violin
Christoph von der Nahmer violin
Martin von der Nahmer viola
Knut Weber cello

Shelly Kupferberg presentation

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Programme

15:00 Public laying of four Stolpersteine
Four Stolpersteine will be laid by artist Gunter Demnig in front of the entrance to the Philharmonie Berlin in the direction of Potsdamer Straße.

16:00 Memorial Concert
Introduction of the lives and fates of the Jewish musicians Szymon Goldberg, Gilbert Back, Nicolai Graudan and Joseph Schusterby presenter Shelly Kupferberg

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV 826: 4th movement Sarabande
Sonata for solo violin no. 2 in A minor BWV 1003: 3rd movement Andante
_{Krzysztof Polonek}

Suite No. 1 for violoncello solo in G major BWV 1007: 1st movement Prélude
Suite No. 6 for violoncello solo in D major BWV 1012: 2nd movement Allemande
_{Ludwig Quandt}

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Erwin Schulhoff
Five pieces for string quartet

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
String Quartet in D major op. 44 No. 1
_{Varian Fry Quartet}

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Additional information

Admission for a donation. With your donation you support the Margot Friedländer Foundation. As the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation collects the donations and passes them on to the Margot Friedländer Foundation, we are unable to issue donation receipts.