Set within the Holocaust Rails exhibit, this intimate chamber concert offers a deeply personal Violins of Hope experience. Performed by the Sioux City Symphony String Quartet, the program centers on chamber works by Erwin Schulhoff and Mieczysław Weinberg, composers whose lives and creative voices were profoundly shaped by Nazi persecution, displacement, and the devastation of the Holocaust. Music is performed on instruments from the Violins of Hope collection, deepening the connection between sound, place, and history.

The program also features Maurice Ravel’s hauntingly beautiful Kaddish in an arrangement for solo violin, offering a moment of stark intimacy and reflection. Hosted by Sioux City Symphony Music Director Ryan Haskins, the performance places music directly alongside history, inviting listeners to reflect, remember, and bear witness in a setting that amplifies the emotional weight of each work.

This program is free and fully accessible to the entire community, thanks to the extraordinary generosity of donors who believe in the mission of Tolerance Week and the Sioux City Tolerance Alliance.