Kraków, Poland
Philharmonic Hall, Kraków · © Jarosław Praszkiewicz / Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma
O Lungo Drom (The Long Road)
op.22
Soprano, Baritone, Flute, Clarinet, Cimbalom, Piano, String Quartet (Texts drawn from Maya, Mãnuš, Schöpf, Iliaz, Makhotin, Stojka, Haliti, Smith, Krasnici, Lagrene, Papusza, Loleshyte, Maximoff)
Polish première · European Holocaust Memorial Day for Roma and Sinti 2024
Event: Concert in memory of the 500,000 Sinti and Roma murdered during the Holocaust
Venue: Philharmonic Hall, Kraków, Poland
Date: August 1, 2024
Performers:
- • Clara Meloni, soprano
- • Christoph Filler, baritone
- • Laszló Rácz, cimbalom
- • Alban Berg Ensemble Wien
- – Silvia Careddu, flute
- – Alexander Neubauer, clarinet
- – Ariane Haering, piano
- – Régis Bringolf, violin
- – Sebastian Gürtler, violin
- – Subin Lee, viola
- – Florian Berner, cello
(bottom row, far right): Markus Rinderspacher (Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament)
(2nd row, second from right): Reinhard Schramm (Chairman of the Jewish Community in Thuringia and Holocaust survivor)
(left to right): Michael Falk (Member of the CDU Heidelberg), Ulrike Bahr (Member of the Bundestag), Manuela Schwesig (Minister President of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Chairwoman of the Federal Council)
(far right): Markus Rinderspacher (Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament)
(left to right): Doreen Denstädt (Thuringian Minister for Culture and the Media)nd the Media), Manuela Schwesig (President of the Federal Council), Gitta Feliciano, Renate Steinbach (Holocaust survivors)
(left to right): Roger Moreno Rathgeb (composer), Romani Rose (Chair of Central Council of German Sinti and Roma), Markus Reinhardt (violinist), Riccardo M. Sahiti (artistic director and conductor of the Sinti and Roma Philharmonic)
Ralf & Basia Gawlick
Romani Rose (Chair of Central Council of German Sinti and Roma), Manuela Schwesig (President of the Federal Council), Marinko Cavara (Vice President of the Bosnian Parliament), Reinhard Schramm (Chairman of the Jewish Community in Thuringia and Holocaust survivor), Michael Falk (Member of the CDU Heidelberg), Ralf Gawlick
(left to right): Régis Bringolf (violin), Sebastian Guurtler (violin), Ariane Haering (piano), Alexander Neubauer (clarinet), Christoph Filler (baritone), László Rácz (cimbalom), Clara Meloni (soprano), Subin Lee (viola),
Ralf Yusuf Gawlick, Silvia Careddu (flute) Florian Berner (cello)
Ralf Gawlick, Joanna Talewicz-Kwiatkowska (President, Foundation towards Dalogue’s intervention group for Poland-Roma-Ukraine)
(left to right): Romani Rose (Chair of Central Council of German Sinti and Roma), Clara Meloni (soprano), Ralf Gawlick
(left to right):
Romani Rose (Chair of Central Council of German Sinti and Roma), Eva Berner-Klemt (actress, voice & speech trainer, body language expert), Florian Berner (cellist)
(bottom row, left to right): Muhterem Aras (Chairwoman of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg), Claudia Roth (Minister of State for Culture and the Media), Romani Rose (Chair of Central Council of German Sinti and Roma), Manuela Schwesig (Minister President of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Chairwoman of the Federal Council), Dr. Mehmet Daimagüler (Federal Government Commissioner against Antiziganism and for the Life of Sinti and Roma), Doreen Denstädt (Thuringian Minister for Culture and the Media)