In the Riga Ghetto and in German concentration camps Aronson isforced to reshape his own identity in order to survive. He loses hislover but marries a young dancer who helps him rebuild his life as amusician. In the camps, he “think-sings” the concertos he knows frommemory, establishing a sense of time and patience that gives him thestrength to survive. After the war, he became the principal cellist inthe Dallas symphony, renowned worldwide as a teacher of cello.
Brent paints a moving portrait of a Jewish musician who transcendedhis own personal losses to transmit the culture of musical Europe to ageneration of Americans.
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