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unusual facts about Anita Lasker-Wallfisch


Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz

As of 2009, Esther Bejarano, Violette Jacquet, Hilde Simha, Rivka Bacia (Regina Kuperberg), and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch are known to be among the last living survivors of the girl orchestra.


Alma Rosé

The orchestra did include two professional musicians, cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and vocalist/pianist Fania Fénelon, each of whom wrote memoirs of their time in the orchestra that were eventually translated into English.

Ernst Wallfisch

Born into a musical family, Ernst Wallfisch immigrated to Bucharest, Romania in 1926.

Lory Wallfisch donated her husband's collection of viola music, approximately 300 items, to the Primrose International Viola Archive at Brigham Young University.

Kenneth Leighton

The solo piano music, which ranges from charming miniatures for younger players to demandingly virtuosic works, has been recorded by various artists (Eric Parkin, Peter Wallfisch, Margaret Fingerhut, Angela Brownridge, Stephen Hough), as also the works for organ, and cello (notably by Raphael Wallfisch).


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