| Leo Kantor-Violin of oblivion |
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| Tuesday, 04 August 2009 00:00 | |||
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For wise men to remember, for unaware to learn, for politicians as a warning. This was the motto of Leo Kantor’s unusual show – ‘To Leave With Violin’. His theatre is a documentary one. In the show he uses authentic reminders and photographs. The scenography consists of a small table with a laptop to present photographs, and a chair with the violin on them. It’s an original Olo Spiro’s instrument who played them since he was 7 years old. It survived the war, exile and served him to the end of his life. It was used in Warsaw, Białystok, in a camp barrack, and in Stockholm. It is the testimony of its time and death it saw. MThe violin music can be cheerful and merry, it can also express sorrow, grief and laugh through tears. Leo Kantor chose Henryk Wieniawski’s ‘Variations on an original theme Op. 15’ to accompany his show. Leo Kantor’s documentary theatre ‘To Leave With Violin’ today at 8:30 p.m. in the Small Cinema. Leo Kantor- left Poland after the events of 1968. In 1970 he started working at Stockholm University, where he stayed until 2005. Since 2001 he’s been a president of the International Film Festival „Humanity In the World”, in the years 1995-2005 he was a member of the Council for Ethnic Equality in Sweden. Since 1990 he is the chairman of the International Culture Forum in Sweden.
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