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Leo Smit: Concert for Viola and String Orchestra

Sunday, 28 May 2023   |   00:00 - 00:00

Leo Smit: Concert for Viola and String Orchestra

Premiere of the Concert for Viola and String Orchestra by Leo Smit in Mexico

  • Composer(s) Leo Smit
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Concert for viola and string orchestra
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes, David Pedraza - viola

Date

May 28 2023
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Time

00:00 - 00:00

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Location

Mexico City, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico
Av. Juárez S/N, Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06050 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico

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Composer

Leo Smit

Leo Smit was born to a wealthy, non-orthodox Portuguese Jewish family, on May 14, 1900 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Together with his wife he was deported by the Germans in 1943, via Westerbork to Sobibór extermination camp. Uopn arrival, they were immediately annihilated.
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DCV 410 Forbidden Music Regained 2021 Various Artists Booklet:
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Location

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Location

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