New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) is set to present “Fugitives” on Feb. 12, 2026, at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall in New York City.

Headlining the program is mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsay and baritone Justin Austin. They are joined by pianists Steven Blier and Bénédicte Jourdois.

The program will explore the music of Jewish composers of the 1930s and ’40s, such as Kurt Weill, Franz Schreker, Alexander Zemlinsky, Friedrich Hollaender, Kurt Tucholsky, Erich Korngold, and Hanns Eisler, whose lives and careers were shaped by the rise of fascism in Europe, with some forced into exile and others lost during the period.

“Fugitives couldn’t be more timely,” said Blier per an official press release. “It tells the story of Jewish composers who found asylum in the United States during World War II. It also pays tribute to some of the gifted musicians who weren’t so blessed, meeting their deaths in concentration camps. The power and beauty – and humor – of Fugitives is especially poignant in our current times, and its message is even more urgent than when we first presented it 18 years ago.”

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