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BBC’s ‘Last Musician Of Auschwitz’ Lands Theatrical Release

Backed by The Zone of Interest funder Access, the doc, which was made by Two Rivers Media, follows Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who, along with other victims of Auschwitz, played and created music amid the terrors of the Holocaust. It reveals how despite living in the most brutal and dehumanizing of situations, prisoners were secretly composing music whilst in the camps. Co-EPs Emily Blavatnik and Danny Cohen added: “Preserving the memories, stories and truths of the Holocaust is critically important. It’s something that the Blavatnik Family and Access Industries are profoundly committed to. This documentary and its musical testimonies resonate deeply when experienced in a shared, collective setting, which is key to furthering holocaust remembrance.”

The National Gallery Room 34 to Be Named Blavatnik Family Foundation Room

Room 34 of the National Gallery will today (7 May 2025), be unveiled as the Blavatnik Family Foundation Room in recognition of its significant gift to NG200. Led by Sir Leonard Blavatnik, founder and chairman of Access Industries, the Blavatnik Family Foundation promotes innovation, discovery and creativity to benefit the whole of society. Through the Foundation, the Blavatnik family has contributed over $1 billion globally to advance science, education, arts and culture, and social justice. Sir Leonard Blavatnik, said: 'I’m delighted to support the National Gallery’s Bicentenary and this magnificent room that celebrates Britain’s artistic heritage.'

2025 Laureates of the Prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel Announced

The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and The New York Academy of Sciences announced today the Laureates of the prestigious 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel. This year’s Laureates, who will each receive US$100,000, are: Yonatan Stelzer, PhD (Life Sciences) – Weizmann Institute of Science, Benjamin Palmer, PhD (Chemical Sciences) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Chaim Garfinkel, PhD (Physical Sciences & Engineering) – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel will be conferred at a ceremony in June 2025 at the Peres Center for Peace & Innovation in Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

Ken Burns’s The American Revolution Seeks to Unite Americans During 250th Anniversary of Brutal Conflict for Independence

With the 250th anniversary of our nation’s battle for independence soon to commence, planners of the American Revolution 250 Commission were discussing how to reignite common cause in Americans through the mechanism of our fight for nationhood. It would be no mean feat. Much like our forefathers, who plotted the course for independence from vastly divergent ideological viewpoints, the assembled men and women had to unify people at increasing loggerheads over the country’s future.

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