Tom Gross's video: B la Dekany Holocaust survivor and violinist who led the BBC Symphony Orchestra Times Radio

Times Radio with Mariella Frostrup: Looking back on the life of Bela Dekany (April 22 1928 – Dec. 27 2022) with Andy Dekany and Tom Gross. (Broadcast on Feb 9, 2023) (I was standing outside an airport terminal about to enter when they called me for this live interview, so the sound quality is not as good as it might otherwise have been.) Thank you to Ava Pomagrin for help with this video. * See also: a conversation with Bela Dekany about his life (recorded during the covid lockdown in Oct 2020) https://youtu.be/XpQqeL7iDf4 * The Shoah robbed us of so much creative talent — and the last of those who survived are now leaving us: https://www.thejc.com/lets-talk/all/finally-my-friend's-poignant-music-has-ended-2Nnk3oAJlHcG5WShRAzaeS * Unassuming violinist who survived Bergen-Belsen to become a long-serving leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bela-dekany-obituary-ln3zhj8lh You may also be interested in: * Explaining the Holocaust to children https://youtu.be/SkTWFt1SkkM * Child Holocaust survivor amazingly reunited with drawing he did in a concentration camp 79 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0f2xynK7Vo * Other videos in this "conversation with friends" series : https://tomgross100.wixsite.com/chatswithtom Among them: * Pianist Evgeny Kissin https://youtu.be/6zKvyjlvleg * Nazi-hunter Efraim Zuroff (Jerusalem) https://youtu.be/KEaUhSYX3hI