A candid, layered memoir explores Carnatic music, identity, and reinvention. A deep dive into artistry, memory, and self.

“Trial instrument, made under difficult conditions with no tools and materials,” the worn note read. “Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa.” The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by ...

“Trial instrument, made under difficult conditions with no tools and materials,” the worn note read. “Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa.” The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by Franciszek ...

An illustrative image of an old violin, accompanied by a bow and a sheet of music. Pablo Villota/iStock A musical instrument known as the violin of hope, which was made during World War II, has ...

During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing ...

"Trial instrument, made under difficult conditions with no tools and materials," the worn note read. "Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa." The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by Franciszek ...

Bruce Nozick in International City Theatre's "The Violin Maker." Photo by Jordan Gohara. The actions of a single person can ripple outward to affect many — sometimes for better and sometimes for worse ...

Morgan Lauff and Bruce Nozick in The Violin Maker. Photo by Jordan Gohara. During the month of April, the Jewish community remembers two events: Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Memorial Day, and Yom HaAtzma ...

“Trial instrument, made under difficult conditions with no tools and materials,” the worn note read. “Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa.” The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by ...

Reading "Notes to John", Joan Didion's posthumously published book of post-therapy jottings, left me "feeling a little grubby at being privy to such an intrusion", said Catherine Jarvie in The i ...