The Lost Music of Auschwitz: How a British composer brought hidden Holocaust symphonies to life Composer and conductor Leo Geyer sheds light on the horrors of the Holocaust through recovered manuscripts.
Featuring interviews with some of the last remaining survivors of the genocide and the Auschwitz orchestra, Geyer reveals how musicians rebelled with secret melodies and forbidden notes hidden within the music.
Now, for the first time, this lost music – composed by prisoners – will be heard again, thanks to the extraordinary efforts of British composer Leo Geyer.
For 80 years, the haunting melodies of Auschwitz lay buried in silence, hidden among the archives of one of history’s darkest chapters.
“I wasn’t expecting to discover anything other than a greater understanding of the Holocaust, particularly as I’m not Jewish, Polish, Romani, or indeed descended from any other group or person who perished in Auschwitz.
