Features:
“Daniel Hope, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Sean Mori: Violins of Hope”
The Strad, March 23, 2021
“March 2021 Classical Record Review”
Stereophile Magazine, March 12, 2021
“Violins of Hope Live at Kohl Mansion”
Presto Classical – Recording of the Week, February 12, 2021
“No stopping Music at Kohl Mansion”
The Daily Journal, January 29, 2021
“Pulling at heartstrings: ‘Violins of Hope’ live at Kohl Mansion”
Bay Area Reporter, January 26, 2021
“Coronovirus: Violins of Hope reminded us the human spirit endures”
Bay Area News Group, April 7, 2020
Photo: Karl Mondon
“Violins of Hope: Her mission is to showcase ‘spirit of resistance’“
J Weekly, January 24, 2020
Photo: Laura Paull
“The Violins of Hope at Kohl Mansion”
San Mateo Daily Journal, January 24, 2020
Photo: Amnon Weinstein
“Holocaust-era violins visit S.F. Catholic School”
The J Weekly, January 23, 2020
Photo: Gabriel Greschler
“These Violins Speak of Heartbreak and Hope”
San Francisco Classical Voice, January 21, 2020
Photo: Matthew Washburn
Review: “Holocaust-era instruments sing their own stories in vibrant song cycle”
San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, January 20, 2020
Photo: Matthew Washburn
“Holocaust Violins Evoke Moving Premiere”
Arts SF, January 19, 2020
Photo: Arts SF
“Voices from the Violins of Hope”
Frosene on the Scene, January 16, 2020
Photo: Amnon Weinstein/Music at Kohl Mansion
“Along the Trade Route: Napa participates in Violins of Hope Holocaust remembrance”
Napa Valley Register, January 15, 2020
“For local daughter of survivor, playing Holocaust violins is personal“
The J Weekly, January 14, 2020
“Violins of Hope: Concerts slated across Bay Area”
The Mercury News, January 14, 2020
Photo: Nicolas Zonvi
“Violins of Hope brings Holocaust-era strings to Bay Area”
Bay Area News Group, January 14, 2020
Photo: Karl Mondon
“Violins of Hope” Concerts and Lectures Bring Tales of the Holocaust to California”
The San Francisco Classical Voice, January 13, 2020
“Holocaust-era instruments tell untold stories”
San Francisco Examiner, January 12, 2020
Photo: Amnon Weinstein
“Have a violin from Europe with a Holocause story? ‘Violins of Hope’ wants to hear it.”
The J Weekly, January 10, 2020
Photo: aura Paull
“The Violins of Hope”
The Mercury News, January 10, 2020
Photo: Amnon Weinstein
“Violins of Hope”
Gentry Magazine, January 8, 2020
Photo: Nicolas Zonvi
“Violins of Hope escaped the Holocaust and are coming to Bay Area for events of music and memory”
The J Weekly, January 8, 2020
“Exhibit of Holocaust violins tells story of music as protest“
The J Weekly, January 9, 2020
“Beethoven, Violins of Hope kick off year”
Bay Area Reporter, January 7, 2020
Photo: Stephanie Girard
“These musical instruments survived the Holocaust. Now they honor the musicians who did not.”
San Francisco Chronicle, January 5, 2020
“Violins of Hope keep Holocaust memories alive”
San Mateo Daily Journal, January 4, 2020
“Vibrations That Echo”
Modern Luxury Silicon Valley Magazine, January 2020
“Sasha Cooke to Give Holocaust World Premiere”
San Francisco Opera Magazine, November 8, 2019 (pg. 15)
“Jake Heggie on Creating Merola’s First Commissioned Opera”
San Francisco Classical Voice, July 19, 2019
Photo: Art & Clarity
“Texas Rose in Full Bloom: Mezzo-Soprano Sasha Cooke”
San Francisco Classical Voice, May 25, 2019
Photo: Stephanie Girard
“Violins of Hope concerts and events coming to Bay Area in 2020”
The J Weekly, November 20, 2017
Photo: Amnon Weinstein
Videos:
Mezzo Soprano Sasha Cooke speaks with composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer
James Grymes Live Interview on ABC 7 News, January 22, 2020
Violins of Hope – Holocaust violins play again
Violins of Hope visit a Florida school
Avshalom Weinstein speaks at the 2017 AIPAC Conference
Trailer for Itzhak film in Weinstein Studio
Violins of Hope visit Nashville in 2018
Radio:
KALW FM Public Radio Interview by David Latulippe with Sasha Cooke and Dawn Harms, February 14, 2021
KALW FM Public Radio Interview of Intonations composer Jake Heggie and violinist Dawn Harms, January 15, 2020 (click arrow)
Podcasts:
The ‘Violins of Hope’ Visit the Bay Area podcast posted by Jeffrey Freymann, January 9, 2020
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