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Sep 16, 2018 · Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane. Photo courtesy of Hershey Felder Presents. As the story begins, Golabek imagines the experiences of Lisa, as a fourteen-year-old prodigy in 1938 Vienna, with an evocative description of taking the trolley across the Danube from the city’s Jewish quarter to her piano lesson in the opulent part of the city where palaces and concert halls are found.
Jan 29, 2024 · Acclaimed pianist Mona Golabek is the daughter of Viennese pianist Lisa Jura, whose life was thrown into turmoil in the late 1930s by the spread of fascism in Europe. Golabek has kept her mother’s legacy alive by recounting her story — first in a book called T he Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music ...
Jul 5, 2006 · Renee Denise Golabek-Kaye, 52, a concert pianist who was. coached from an early age by her mother, the late concert. pianist Lisa Jura Golabek, died June 12. Her family did not. disclose where she died. Golabek-Kaye earned a master's degree at the Juilliard. School and made her performance debut at the age of 18.
Jan 14, 2020 · Jan. 14, 2020, 7:37 p.m. On Saturday, the internationally acclaimed pianist Mona Golabek brings her widely celebrated performance, “The Pianist of Willesden Lane,” to the Mountain View Center ...
We foster hope through the power of storytelling and music, showing people that we can flourish, and our dreams can thrive, even when faced with adversity and prejudice. The intergenerational story of Holocaust survivor Lisa Jura is brought to life by her daughter, pianist Mona Golabek.
Nov 21, 2022 · Mona Golabek in ‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane.’ Photo courtesy of Hershey Felder Presents. Presiding over this one-woman show is Mona Golabek, the daughter of Lisa Jura, who just happens to be a concert pianist as well. (Of course, it helps that Mona is also a fine actor, storyteller, mimic and music teacher).
