Fundacja Instytut Viktora Ullmanna Cieszyn & Viktor Ullmann Foundation
AIMS
- Honour and remember the composer Viktor Ullmann (Teschen 1898 – Auschwitz 1944) in the place of his birth and to be an ambassador for his life and works
- Research the remnants and descendants of the Jewish Community in Cieszyn Silesia, making an honourable and living memorial to them
- Office of ‘Strange Passenger International Music and Arts Festival’ Cieszyn Silesia
HONORARY PATRONS
George Benjamin
Alfred Brendel
Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jacqueline Cole
COMMITTEE
Professor Yehuda Bauer
Director of Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, Israel
Elena Makarova
Artist and Writer living in Jerusalem, Israel
Yonat Klar
Director – Beit Terezin, Israel
Mgr Hanus Weber
TV Producer, Sweden
Dr Christian Meyer
Director of the Schoenberg Institute, Vienna
Gregorij von Leїtis
Director Elysium Between Two Continents Bernried Germany and New York USA
Michael Wiener
Lawyer & Musician living in Trier, Germany
Dr Andreas Krause
Editor in Chief, Schott’s International Music Publishers, Mainz Germany
Ilona Ziok
Film Director living in Berlin, Germany
Arnost Lustig
Writer living in Washington DC USA
Renata Karpinska M. Sc.
Head of Promotion and Information Office, Cieszyn Municipality
Bogdan Wojciech Ficek D. Sc.
Mayor of Cieszyn
Mgr Halina Szymura
TV Broadcasting Chief, Krakow Poland
Roman Gutek
Director Gutek Films Warsaw Poland and New Horizons Film Festival, Cieszyn, Silesia
Dr Andre Laks
Philosopher and Writer, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Charles de Gaulle University,Lille France
Sonja Linden
Playright and Writer- in- Residence Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture, London UK
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