Petr Ginz - played by Hal Freedman - HRS Charity Album by Stephan Beneking published on 2013-07-26T16:07:00Z This piece is devoted to Petr Ginz (February 1, 1928 - September 28, 1944), a very creative young boy and multi-talented artist, who lived in Prague and was murdered in the Holocaust. His painting "Moon Landscape" and his "Prague diary" became world famous after the 2003 Columbia space shuttle tragedy. Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut and the son of an Auschwitz survivor, had borrowed the drawing from the collection of the Yad Vashem Museum in Israel and taken it with him on the Columbia voyage. When the shuttle exploded over Texas and the story of Petr's drawing was told, a man contacted Yad Vashem saying that he had discovered Petr's old copybooks in the attic of his home in Prague. Petr Ginz stands for immeasurable loss of talent in the Holocaust. But he is also a symbol of hope, as his diary and many of his paintings did survive. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Ginz This piece is part of the "Holocaust Remembrance Suite" for solo piano, which is an unique remembrance project, which has grown out of a collaboration between Stephan Beneking, composer based in Berlin, and pianist Hal Freedman (@classical-soul-pianist) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The innocence and beauty of pure piano classical music poses a stark contrast to the horrors of the Third Reich and the Holocaust. The booklet with descriptions about the historical background and scores / sheet music can be downloaded for free here: http://www.beneking.com/hrs Each piece in the Holocaust Remembrance Suite contains a vital message about the war crimes and atrocities of the past. Unfortunately, the message is applicable to conditons that persist in our world today. It is our sincere hope to raise social awareness of these problems through this important project. The Suite is accompanied by dramatic videos showing images, which further tell the story behind each individual piece: http://www.youtube.com/user/steveberlin0815 http://www.youtube.com/user/hmfreedman/featured The 'Holocaust Remembrance Suite' can be downloaded as a "name-your-price"- album from BandCamp and is available (for regular price) on iTunes and many other platforms. http://beneking.bandcamp.com/album/holocaust-remembrance-suite-charity-album https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/holocaust-remembrance-suite/id675961753 http://www.amazon.de/Holocaust-Remembrance-Suite-Charity-Album/dp/B00E0QQ52C/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374427542&sr=301-1 All proceeds will be donated to: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, USA: http://www.ushmm.org/ Yad Vashem, Israel: http://www.yadvashem.org/ Aktion Sühnezeichen, Germany (action reconciliation service for peace): http://www.asf-ev.de/en/start.html Die Anstifter, Germany (remembrance foundation): http://www.die-anstifter.de/ We want the messages of this "Holocaust Remembrance Suite" with pieces like "The Kiss", "The white Rose" and more to spread as far as possible. Thank you for reposting and sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+ etc. Genre Piano Comment by (((SKS))) Wonderful! (Love the videos too) 2013-08-23T15:03:18Z Comment by Jolana Duricovà A so talented life gone too soon. But you gave him hope&etertinity. This tribute can't let indiferent. Respect to both of you 2013-08-23T03:51:59Z Comment by Jolana Duricovà These 4 Last Chords hurt so deep...Inoncent walk on a very thiny thread that he never wanted, even couldn't imaginate... 2013-08-23T03:47:23Z Comment by &jefferies :)) 2013-08-20T01:17:17Z Comment by Darius Ghanat Awesome! This is very lovely! :) 2013-08-18T22:13:53Z Comment by ArcelliA what a story there behins this track, it's a wonderful tribute really!! god bless his soul... 2013-08-18T22:07:18Z Comment by airin aditya 林爱花 nice 2013-08-05T03:14:42Z Comment by airin aditya 林爱花 beauty 2013-08-05T03:14:29Z Comment by Fivos Valachis really beautiful Stephan. compliments 2013-08-04T23:06:48Z Comment by robynyoulten Such a moving,emotional piece and beautifully played by Mr.Freedom.A wonderful performance and an exquisite composition .Thank you.Beautiful. Peace :)) 2013-08-04T09:14:07Z Comment by Stephan Beneking @eminesari: thank you so much from both of us, glad you enjoyed Petr Ginz and his story...! 2013-08-03T19:27:06Z Comment by London-DC Beauty, emotional, played with feelings. Like :) 2013-07-30T22:58:46Z Comment by Milana Zilnik surprising ending, lovely and thoughtful! 2013-07-29T19:49:06Z Comment by Milana Zilnik I can sense hope and a great sensitivity in both composition and the delivery by Hal, such wonders are usual on your cloud, dear Stephen~! 2013-07-29T19:48:50Z Comment by CminMaj7 Really nice and with a lot of emotions, thanks Stephan! 2013-07-29T19:35:47Z Comment by Michael Hauber so touching piece...wonderful composition by Stephan and fabulous played by Hal 2013-07-29T17:32:49Z Comment by Romeo Wecks Very beautiful piece, Stephan!! And also beautiful played by Hal Freedman, very great! :-) 2013-07-29T11:07:19Z Comment by Romeo Wecks Really wonderful! 2013-07-29T11:05:42Z Comment by rav132 Wonderful composition. 2013-07-29T10:59:18Z Comment by Sylvia Bone Schwartz Touches the deepest emotions! 2013-07-29T06:05:47Z Comment by Pamela Chng So wonderful to hear another interpretation of this piece, Stephan. Gives another perspective to the story. Congrats to the both of you on this project. Thanks for sharing with the Piano Cloud. https://soundcloud.com/groups/the-piano-cloud 2013-07-29T06:01:39Z Comment by Sewer outstanding, brilliant!! 2013-07-29T03:46:08Z Comment by Thoribass stunning, emotional and touching composition and wonderful play on piano 2013-07-28T10:16:28Z Comment by Joel Rosso Very beautiful composition! 2013-07-28T05:29:12Z Comment by Robert-Songs Hope and loss at the same time ... 2013-07-27T19:17:02Z Comment by BAJO ARMAÐA cool =D 2013-07-27T17:50:06Z Comment by Stephan Beneking @zanndawg: thanks a lot, Ron, from both of us! 2013-07-27T16:11:25Z Comment by Stephan Beneking @zanndawg: thanks! 2013-07-27T14:30:44Z Comment by Stephan Beneking @jeredkostenko: thank you again for your great comments, dear Jered, its wonderful to have a listener like you who is so sensitive and thoughtful! 2013-07-27T14:30:31Z Comment by Stephan Beneking @frauheidi-marie: thanks a lot for your kind words, Heidi-Marie, also in Hal´s name. truly appreciate it, also thanks for reposting! 2013-07-27T14:27:13Z