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In advance of the \, please join its creator for a pre-concert lecture. \;
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezí\;n \;is a concert-drama that was conceived and created by Foundation President\, Maestro Murry Sidlin. It combines the magnificent music of Verdi with video testimony from survivors of the original Terezí\;n chorus and footage from the 1944 Nazi propaganda film about Theresienstadt. The performance also includes actors who speak the words of imprisoned conductor Rafael Schä\;chter and others.
Born in Baltimore\, Maryland\, in 1940\, Sidlin studied at the Peabody Institute\, graduating in 1968 with a Master's degree. Sidlin's first appointment after graduating was as Assistant Conductor at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Sergiu Comissiona. He was later appointed Resident conductor at the National Symphony Orchestra under Antal Dorá\;ti\, and with Oregon Symphony Orchestra. He was also the Music Director of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra\, the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra\, and the Tulsa Philharmonic.
For 32 years he was co-director (together with David Zinman) of the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen Festival. Alumni of the program during his tenure include Peter Oundjian\, Cristian Macelaru\, Tomas Netopil\, Tito Muñ\;oz\, Philippe Bach\, José\; De Eusebio\, Hugh Wolff\, James Gaffigan\, Apo Hsu\, Lawrence Golan\, Kenneth Woods\, Sasha Mä\;kilä\;\, Kenneth Kiesler\, Josep Caballé\; Domenech\, and David Hayes.
He is currently an Ordinary professor of Conducting at Catholic University of America's Benjamin T. Rome School of Music\, and for ten years until 2012 served as the Dean of the School.
Sidlin is a member of Prague Society for International Cooperation\, a respected NGO whose main goals are networking and the development of a new generation of responsible\, well-informed leaders and thinkers.
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