The Violins of Hope (Hebrew: כינורות של תקווה) is a collection of Holocaust-related string instruments in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The instruments serve to educate and memorialize the lives of prisoners in concentration camps through concerts, exhibitions and other projects.
[1] The collection is owned by father and son team Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein, who are both violin makers.
In the first decade of the new millennium, Weinstein started to use the instruments of the Violins of Hope collection to initiate concerts combined with educational events teaching about the Holocaust.
Maastricht, Netherlands: concert with Amati Ensemble and photo exhibition[5] Villa Musica, Neuwied: Exhibition and concerts with Gil Sharon and Elina Gurewitz[8][9] Cleveland, Ohio: Exhibitions and concert with members of the Cleveland Orchestra, ongoing project[11] Houston, Texas[13] Sarasota, Florida: concert and exhibition[15] London, England: concert and fundraiser Washington, DC, Library of Congress[16] Bucharest, Romania: concert with, among others, Gil Sharon and Hillel Zori[17] Dachau, Germany Nashville, Tennessee: Exhibition and concert[19] Dresden, Germany[20] Dortmund, Germany[21] Phoenix, Arizona: Exhibits and concert February through March[23] Auschwitz, Poland: musical interludes were performed on selected instruments during the opening ceremony for the exhibition "Through the Lens of Faith"[24] Reading, Pennsylvania: Exhibits and concerts with Reading Symphony Orchestra and local colleges[26]