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May 15, 2024 · In this alternately heart-wrenching and uplifting story, Jura's daughter, Golabek, a pianist, and writer Cohen trace the six years Jura spent in London, where she found surrogate families in the 31 other young refugees at the Willesden Lane hostel, and in the working-class British women at the East End garment factory that employed her...Jura's ...
- Emil Sher, Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen
- Mar 28, 2017
- 031655488X
- 8-12
5 days ago · The inspiring true story about one girl's escape from the Holocaust to become a concert pianist against all odds, made popular by Mona Golabek's acclaimed theatrical performance and the beloved novel The Children of Willesden Lane is now available in an early chapter book format! In pre-World War II Vienna, musical prodigy Lisa dreams of a ...
May 3, 2024 · Grammy-nominated concert pianist and best-selling author Mona Golabek presented her powerful one-woman performance of “The Children of Willesden Lane” for the Episcopal community. Golabek, the founder and president of the Hold On To Your Music Foundation, has shared the story of her mother, Lisa Jura’s escape from Vienna on the ...
May 16, 2024 · The Pianist of Willesden Lane Review – A Tremendous Theatrical Success January 28, 2020 Susan Alexander Entertainment 0 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the acclaimed tour de force solo performance "The Pianist of Willesden Lane," starring Mona Golabek (pictured), performing January 15 - February 16, 2020 at the Mountain View Center for ...
May 6, 2024 · 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130. 52:41. Join us for an evening of remembrance and reflection at our Yom HaShoah Commemorative Program and a special performance of The Children of Willesden Lane. For additional information, contact Maggie Hartley, EdD, Director of Public Engagement, at maggie.hartley@nationalww2museum.org.
May 4, 2024 · The last time Mona Golabek was in New Orleans, she was touring her original play “The Pianist of Willesden Lane” at Le Petit Theatre. It was at that show Golbek donned a red wig and portrayed her mother, a piano prodigy who was saved from the Holocaust by the Kindertransport that took her to England.
