The rich tradition of Klezmer music comes alive as Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley leads and performs alongside NWS String Fellows in this special pre-season concert. Labeled Entartete (Degenerate) by the Nazis, Gideon Klein wrote his Partita as a Jewish prisoner 10 days before he was sent to Auschwitz-Berkenau. Though Klein lost his life, the work survived—smuggled out of the Terezín camp and hidden for half a century—now revealing the power of the human spirit and resilience of those confined.