What can be more tender, what can be more innocent -
than a kiss?
But during the Third Reich even kisses among men were
forbidden, and thousands of gay people were persecuted
and put into concentration camps. There was a pink
triangle fastened to their prison uniforms.
And still today gay and lesbian people are persecuted
in many parts of the world.
Violence and discrimination against them happens also
in "civilized" countries. Every day.
So this pieces is a remembrance of ...(+)
What can be more tender, what can be more innocent -
than a kiss?
But during the Third Reich even kisses among men were
forbidden, and thousands of gay people were persecuted
and put into concentration camps. There was a pink
triangle fastened to their prison uniforms.
And still today gay and lesbian people are persecuted
in many parts of the world.
Violence and discrimination against them happens also
in "civilized" countries. Every day.
So this pieces is a remembrance of the persecution in
the past and the discrimination today.
It is therefore devoted "to a friend´s friend"...
Enjoy this very special piano work and the outstanding
interpretation by pianist Hal Freedman from
Philadelphia / USA.
Please be sure to also have a look at the fantastic and
touching movie that Hal has created for this piece!
http://www.youtube.com/user/steveberlin0815
http://www.youtube.com/user/hmfreedman/featured
The picture is taken from the "Memorial to Homosexuals
persecuted under Nazism" in Berlin, where an endless
film show two men (and in a more recent version also
two women) kissing each other.
More works of this collaboration project with Hal
Freedman will be published soon.
We are planning a free-download-album on BandCamp and a
charity album on iTunes and many other platforms. All
revenues (if there are any...) will go to relevant
charities.
We want the messages of this "Holocaust Remembrance
Suite" with pieces like "The Kiss", "The white Rose"
and more to spread as far as possible.
Thank you also for sharing on Facebook, Twitter,
Tumblr, Google+ etc.
Wikipedia links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_triangle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_Homosexuals_Pe
rsecuted_Under_Nazism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_homosexuals
_in_Nazi_Germany_and_the_Holocaust
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Thank you for 1st prize in 2013!
Written on 2013-03-23 by stephan-beneking THANK YOU!
"Valse melancolique No.
VIII - le desir eternel"
won the 1st prize in
Free-Scores Piano Solo Classic
contest 2013!
I would like to express my
sincere thanks to all
supporters and especially to
Carlos Márquez, without
whose fantastic interpretation
this success had never been
possible!
I am still overwhelmed by
this, because there were just
so many other fantastic works
on the contest. So I would
like to congratulate all
participants for taking part
in this contest. I listened to
all your wonderful music and
enjoyed it very much!
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