When violinist Alyssa Wang lost her father to liver cancer, she was at a loss for words. So, she turned to music. “After he passed away, I was looking for a musical way to express all of the grief, ...

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As she entered the soaring solo, the lights blinked off. Bilodeau couldn't see her sheet music but didn't need it with the movements memorized. She continued.

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A secret note written by a man who was imprisoned inside a World War II concentration camp has been found inside a violin. Franciszek "Franz" Kempa built the instrument in 1941 while imprisoned by ...

Kempa's "violin of hope," as it has come to be called, is the only known instrument actually built inside the camp. It is unknown how the violin left Dachau and ultimately made its way to Hungary.

Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa.” The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by Franciszek “Franz” Kempa while imprisoned by the Nazis at Dachau in southern Germany, remained unnoticed for decades.