Duo Mantar Two-Concert Event
Presented free of charge by the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology and the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies.
“Music from the Promised Land”
Saturday, February 4 at 8:00pm
This panoramic program explores original mandolin and guitar repertoire, as well as newly commissioned works by Duo Mantar and a smattering of arrangements showcasing the majesty of Israeli music across the last 75 years. This research into Israeli music has led to cultivating a body of concerti for mandolin, guitar and orchestra.
“Rachel’s Mandolin”
Sunday, February 5 at 3:00pm
Duo Mantar will perform and be joined via Zoom by composer Amit Weiner, Head of The Cross-Disciplinary Composition Department, The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, for a pre-concert discussion.
Music focusing on the touching story of Rachela Zelmanowicz-Olewski, a Jewish mandolin player from Poland who, as a young woman, played in the Auschwitz women’s orchestra under the famous violinist and conductor Alma Rose. Rachel’s story is of a heroic survival in Auschwitz through the power of her mandolin music. She was liberated in Bergen-Belsen and later raised a family in Israel until she passed away in 1987. This concert is about her personally and about the untold story of the mandolin during the Holocaust.
Both performances will be on the UT Dallas campus in the Jonsson Performance Hall with free parking in Parking Structure 3 (a map can be found online here).
*Patrons with disabilities who are needing special assistance, an interpreter, or captioning to attend either performance should call 972.883.2982 no later than 72 hours prior to the event.