Poignant and inspirational, The Songs They Sang, a four-year-work created by filmmaker Rohan Spong and producers Anna Monea and Amadeo Marques-Perez, will focus on artist Shmerke Kazcerginski and Avrom Sutzkever and the songs composed by them and others encamped in the ghetto.
Vilna, now known as the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, was ravaged by the Holocaust during WWII, with tens of thousands of people disappearing between 1941 and 1943. However, in the face of this horror Vilna still maintained its influence as a cultural hub for Eastern Europe’s most revered poets and musicians.
Prior to its premiere at Classic Cinemas, the concert production of The Songs They Sang will be performed at South Melbourne Town Hall; it will consist of 10 Vilna Ghetto songs rearranged by Australian composer Joseph Giovinazzo.
