Albrecht Dümling on Jewish Refugees in Australia
About 9,000 Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany settled in Australia between 1933 and 1945, a small fraction of the hundreds of thousands who fled. Coming from a country that according to Hitler needed ‚racial purification‘, they arrived in a continent that was dominated by the White Australia policy. Although initially greeted with a mixed reception, some of these refugees remained and made a significant impact on multicultural Australia.
Albrecht Dümling, musicologist and music critic from Berlin, in many years of research discovered nearly a hundred displaced musicians who came to Australia. Drawing on extensive primary sources – including correspondence, travel documents and interviews with the refugees themselves of their descendants – he traced the difficult journey of orchestral performers, virtuoso soloists, singers, conductors and composer. Available for the first time in English, this volume brings to light a wealth of Jewish, exilic and musical history that was hitherto unknown.
The book launch will include a lecture of the author on musical contributions of foreigners in Germany and Australia, followed by a panel discussion. The participants are
Diana K. Weekes, the translator of the book,
John Davis (Australian Music Centre),
Joseph Toltz (Sydney University Conservatorium) and
Andrea Bandhauer (Sydney University).
Date: Tuesday 23 August 2016
Time: 6-8 pm
Venue: Goethe-Institut Sydney, 90 Ocean St, Woollahra NSW 2025
Language: English
Entry: Free with registration
Registration: Please email
arts@sydney.goethe.org until 22 August 2016
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All Albrecht Dümling events in Australia:
SYDNEY
21 August — 4 pm
Emanuel Synagogue
Contact: andrina@emanuel.org.au
22 August — 5 pm
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Contact: linda.barwick@sydney.edu.au
23 August — 6 pm
Goethe-Institut
Contact: arts@sydney.goethe.org
MELBOURNE
28 August — 2.30 pm
Jewish Museum
Contact: info@jewishmuseum.com.au
31 August — 12.15 pm
East Melbourne Synagogue
Contact: ccjvic@bipond.net.au
01 September — 12 pm
Melbourne University Conservatorium
Contact: david.irving@unimelb.edu.au
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