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Open Studio: Strings that still sing: UK welcomes historic Violins of Hope collection

By Tom Musgrave
Published February 6, 2026 at 9:05 AM EST
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Violins of Hope, a traveling exhibit featuring stringed instruments that survived the Holocaust, will visit UK Feb. 10-14. Photo provided by Violins of Hope.
Violins of Hope, a traveling exhibit featuring stringed instruments that survived the Holocaust, will visit UK Feb. 10-14. Photo provided by Violins of Hope.

The University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts will present Violins of Hope UK, a weeklong series of performances, exhibitions and educational events February 10 - 14th. Violins of Hope features more than 70 violins, violas and cellos that survived the Holocaust — instruments once owned and played by Jewish musicians before and during World War II. Tom Musgrave talks with UK Symphony Orchestra music director and conductor John Nardolillo and collection co-founder Avshi Weinstein.

Show links:

https://uknow.uky.edu/arts-culture/strings-still-sing-uk-welcomes-historic-violins-hope-collection#:~:text=(Feb.,powerful%20musical%20and%20historical%20collections.

https://finearts.uky.edu/music/violins-hope-uk

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Tom Musgrave
Tom Musgrave is a senior public relations writer for the University of Kentucky and editor of the daily campuswide electronic newsletter UKNow. Prior to joining the UK staff, Tom spent nine years as the Kentucky Arts Council’s communications director. In 2018 he created the arts council’s monthly podcast, Kentucky ArtsCast, serving as primary host and executive producer. Tom’s first job in state government was working for Virginia Moore at the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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