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gerald cohen

Aug 28, 2024

Q&A: Gerald Cohen & Deborah Brevoort on the Recording of ‘Steal a Pencil for Me’ & the Importance of Storytelling

Despite living in a horrific Nazi concentration camp, Jaap Polak and Ina Soep continued to write love letters to one another. The couple’s letters were published in 2000 and were featured in a documentary film of this same title. Their relationship inspired Composer Gerald Cohen and librettist Deborah Brevoort‘s first opera together, “Steal a Pencil for Me.” The couple was {…}

Gerald Cohen
Aug 20, 2023

The Defiant Requiem to Present World Premiere of New Gerald Cohen Work

The Defiant Requiem Foundation is set to present the world premiere of Gerald Cohen’s “they burn, the fires of the night: lamentations from the ashes” on Oct. 25, 2023 at the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College in New York City. The work will feature mezzo-soprano Leah Wool and baritone David Kravitz. Also on the program are works by composers {…}

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