[df-subtitle]The Forbidden Repertoire (1938-1945)[/df-subtitle]

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The Nazi regime coined the term "degenerate music" ( entartete musik) to refer to melodies they considered harmful to society because of their opposition to the tenets of National Socialist ideology. Among the censored genres were atonal music, music composed by any author of Jewish origin or adhering to a left-wing ideology, music from the Americas, jazz, and Gypsy music.

ArTeil Ensemble was founded in 2016 by Mayte and Susana Gallego, driven by their interest in exploring the violin and piano repertoire within chamber music. The members of ArTeil Ensemble have trained at prestigious music institutions and have won awards in national and international competitions.

For this concert, the ArTeil Ensemble presents four pieces by Jewish composers:

Romanian dance o Romanian melody, Dick Kattenberg
Of Dutch Jewish origin, Dick Kattenburg was born in Amsterdam in 1919 and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. In his short life, he composed around thirty works, which show influences of contemporary French music (due to its Romantic character) and jazz. He composed almost his entire repertoire during World War II, under the pseudonym K. van Dunsen. It was during those years, in hiding, that he became more aware of his Jewish identity, which is reflected in a series of works with a distinctly Zionist character, such as the Songs of Palestine or the piece that is performed at this concert.

Duo for violin and cello, op. 25, erwin schulhoff
Erwin Schulhoff was a Czechoslovakian Jewish composer and pianist. He studied with Debussy and Reger and was associated with the German avant-garde and jazz scene. An avowed communist, Schulhoff attempted to move his family to the Soviet Union in 1939, after the signing of the Munich Agreement. He became a Soviet citizen in 1941 but was captured and imprisoned in the Wälzburg concentration camp as a Czech Jew, where he died of tuberculosis in 1942. Duo for violin and celloComposed in February 1925, it is dedicated to Leoš Janáček, composer, music theorist, and scholar of Czech folklore. It exemplifies Wälzburg's fusion of folk and contemporary elements in his work.

Suite from the ballet Der Schneeman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold is considered the last child prodigy in the history of music, admired by Gustav Mahler, Bruno Walter, Richard Strauss, and his teacher Alexander von Zemlinsky, among others. Persecuted by the Nazi regime because of his Jewish heritage, he emigrated to the United States in 1938, where he became a prominent composer of film scores for Hollywood. His symphonic music has been a tremendous influence on new film composers, the foremost of whom is John Williams.suit from the ballet Der Schneeman It premiered in 1910 when its composer was eleven years old. On this occasion, the work will be presented in a solo piano version, divided into four pieces.

Trio op. 24 for violin, cello and piano, Mieczislaw Weinberg
Mieczislaw Weinberg was a Jewish musician from Poland, persecuted by the Nazis and a victim of Stalinism. He was saved from execution thanks to the intervention of Shostakovich himself. His work encompasses all genres and was virtually ignored in the West until just twenty years ago. This work brings together medieval monodys, Baroque polyphonic imitations, modern instrumental cantilenas, Prokofiev's chromatic pantonalities, and an almost twelve-tone principle of tonal renewal.

Musicians:
Mayte Gallego Fernández, piano
Susana Gallego Fernández, violin
Álvaro Llorente, cello

Organized by: Centro Sefarad-Israel Madrid · In collaboration with: CBA