Cancelled: Welte Concert at Augustinermuseum Remembers Persecuted Jewish Pianists
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CANCELLED: A musical remembrance of persecuted Jewish pianists
The Welte Concert planned for Saturday, November 7, 2026, at the Augustinermuseum Freiburg has been cancelled. The event would have connected music history, remembrance culture, and historical sound technology in the Welte Lounge.
Historical sounds from the reproduction piano
The focus of the concert was the reproduction piano from the Freiburg company M. Welte & Söhne. Wolfgang Huller would have explained the functioning of this special instrument and demonstrated how historical interpretations can be heard again through technical procedures. The combination of mechanical precision, musical performance practice, and museal mediation gives the format a unique live atmosphere.
Music by Fritz Berend, Sandra Droucker, and other pianists
The program featured works by persecuted Jewish pianists, including Fritz Berend, Sandra Droucker, Alexander László, and Wanda Landowska. Their names represent a music history shaped by persecution, exile, and exclusion. The concert would have provided these composers and performers a vibrant stage in the historical setting of the Augustinermuseum.
Augustinermuseum as a place of remembrance
The concert was planned as a one-hour event from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The meeting point was to be the Welte Lounge at the Augustinermuseum at Augustinerplatz. The barrier-free accessible museum location combines cultural education, historical objects, and musical mediation in a focused concert form.
Conclusion
The Welte Concert on November 7, 2026, will not take place. The announced event would have impressively shown how technical sophistication, historical performance practice, and remembrance culture interact in the concert experience.
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