Since its founding in 1998, MOR has commissioned over 45 new works by some of today's leading artists. Music of Remembrance continues to enjoy an international reputation for commissioning and programming new music based on Holocaust themes, and works that give voice to those who have been victims of exclusion and persecution.
Learn more about MOR's commissions by browsing the cumulative list of works and artists below:
Composer/Creator
Title
Genre
Year of Commission
Date of World Premiere
Sahba Aminikia
Vocal/Chamber Work
2020
Online Premiere December 13, 2020
Live Premiere March 13, 2022
Live Premiere March 13, 2022
Tom Cipullo
Song, Voice/Piano, Poetry by David Mason
2020
Online Premiere December 6, 2020
Live Premiere November 7, 2021
Live Premiere November 7, 2021
Shinji Eshima
Duo, Double Bass and Cello, Media Design by Kate Duhamel of Al Farrow's Sculptures
2019
November 3, 2019
Aharon Harlap
Vocal/Chamber Work
2009
May 11, 2009
Swil Kanim
Improvisation, Multimedia, Visuals by Preston Singletary, Gene Tagaban as Storyteller
2023
October 29, 2024
Lori Laitman
Song, Voice/Piano, Text by Goethe
2020
Online Premiere December 6, 2020
Live Premiere November 7, 2021
Live Premiere November 7, 2021
Lori Laitman
Song Cycle, Text by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger
2014
May 12, 2014
Thomas Pasatieri
Song Cycle, Voice and Chamber Orchestra, Text by Pola Braun
2004
May 10, 2004
Olivier Wevers
Dance/Choreography
2015
November 8, 2015