Violins of Hope
The Violins of Hope collection 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. The collection is owned by father and son team Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein, who are both violin makers.
Concerts and exhibitions
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.| Year | Location and Musicians |
| 2008 | Jerusalem, Israel: Symphonette Orchestra and the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra with Shlomo Mintz |
| 2010 | Switzerland, SION International Music Festival. Exhibition of selected instruments and concert with Shlomo Mintz |
| 2011 | Madrid, Spain, concert on occasion of International Remembrance Day with Shlomo Mintz, Cihat Askin, Hillel Zori, Sander Sittig, Enrique Perez and Emilio Navidad Maastricht, Netherlands: concert with Amati Ensemble and photo exhibition |
| 2012 | Charlotte, North Carolina: extensive program at the UNC Charlotte with concerts, exhibition, film screenings et al. |
| 2013 | Monaco: Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte Carlo, conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti, with Schlomo Mintz |
| 2014 | Rome, Italy Villa Musica, Neuwied: Exhibition and concerts with Gil Sharon and Elina Gurewitz |
| 2015 | Berlin, Germany: Exhibition and concert with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle Cleveland, Ohio: Exhibitions and concert with members of the Cleveland Orchestra, ongoing project |
| 2016 | Monterrey, Mexico: Concert with Esperanza Azteca Orchestra, conducted by Yoel Levi with Shlomo Mintz and Cihat Askin Houston, Texas |
| 2017 | Jacksonville, Florida: concert with members of the Jacksonville Symphony, part of a month long Anne Frank exhibit Sarasota, Florida: concert and exhibition London, England: concert and fundraiser Washington, DC, Library of Congress Bucharest, Romania: concert with, among others, Gil Sharon and Hillel Zori |
| 2018 | Cincinnati, Ohio: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Louis Langrée; The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra conducted by Eckart Preu Dachau, Germany Nashville, Tennessee: Exhibition and concert Dresden, Germany Dortmund, Germany |
| 2019 | Knoxville, Tennessee: Exhibit and concert with Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Phoenix, Arizona: Exhibits and concert February through March Auschwitz, Poland: musical interludes were performed on selected instruments during the opening ceremony for the exhibition "Through the Lens of Faith" |