FRIENDS OF TWO PIANOS
The Two Pianos Project is a "sponsored project" of Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts service organization. This relationship allows Papers Please Inc. to receive tax-deductible contributions for specific Project-related activities including A Border Town in Poland. Charitable contributions to the Two Pianos Project may be made by clicking this link.
We're grateful our generous Contributors have made possible the development of venue-specific concert events in Philadelphia, Newark and Leipzig; the Two Pianos Exhibits; creation of Two Pianos color brochures in German and English; printing of event Programs in German and English; and filming/editing the Highlights Videos displayed here or on the Two Pianos YouTube channel. In-kind expert services helped us include Video and Audio tape conversions of family archival material in our multi-media presentations and the full-length DVD of the 2019 Rutgers event.
Donations also enabled publication and distribution (under the new Papers Please Inc. Penn Convoy Press imprint) of A Border Town in Poland: A 20th Century Memoir/ Hirsch Bieler as told to Nora Jean and Michael H. Levin. Thanks in part to recently-digitized cassette tapes, a second book in this oral-history series, Firebird, is forthcoming.
Unique artifacts from Anna Bieler’s Kulturbund membership and her Leipzig Germany Kulturbund Concerts (1934, 1936) were donated by the Levin family to the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH), Philadelphia PA. Please click this link to view the online collections catalog entries.
Event Partners
2018: The Judische Kulturbund Project, Gail Prensky, Director – Philadelphia
2019: Ariowitsch Haus, Gisela Kallenbach, Director - Leipzig Germany
2019: Institute for Jazz Studies, Wayne Winborne, Director - Rutgers University/ Newark NJ
2022: Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, Stephen Byrns, President - Yonkers, NY
City Hosts
City of Leipzig, Office for International Affairs and Office for Cultural Affairs
Venue Hosts
Premiere Concert; Full Exhibit: Mary Louise Curtis Branch, Settlement Music School – Philadelphia PA
Backstory Concert; Exhibit: Grieg Haus – Leipzig
Two Pianos Concert; Display case (Leipzig Conservatory Anna Burstein/Halina Neuman Admissions, Graduation records)
Two Pianos Concert, Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” - Leipzig
Two Pianos Concert; Full Exhibit: Paul Robeson Center – Rutgers University/ Newark
Upcoming: Two Pianos Concert: Untermyer Gardens Conservancy – Yonkers NY
Corporate Sponsors
Philadelphia: Hyatt Corporation, Parkway Corporation
Leipzig: Europische Stiftung der Rahn Dittrich Group; KSW Immobilien; Reinwald GmbH; Marriott Corporation
Newark: Yamaha Artist Services
Organizations
Philadelphia: Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH)
Leipzig: Synagoge und Begegnungszentrum [Community Center] e.V.
Newark: Ahavas Sholom Synagogue
In-Kind Support
Video/Audio: Gail Prensky
DVD: Stuart Schnitzer
CONTRIBUTORS
$7,500 - $24,999 - Benefactors - Levin/Hoffman Family
Lori Grifa and Edward Hoffman
Ann and Ken Hoffman
Nora Jean and Michael Levin
$2,500 - $7,499 - Patrons
Gail Chesler
Margot K. Jones
Paris Singer
$500 - $2,499 - Donors
Andrew Levin
Phyllis and Michael Levy
Hon. Andrew Maguire
Igor Mizine
Jane and Salomon Suwalsky
$25 - $499 – Supporters
Frances Baronowitz
Stu Berman
Jeri and Steve Bier
Charitable Flex Fund
Miriam and Aaron Cohen
Nancy Colodny
Christine Danser
Harriet Derman
Jeffrey Epstein
Susan Glazer
Howard Gleckman
Gail Gordon
Stephanie Haftel
Jill Harris
Sandra Herbert
Bettina Hoerlin
Andrew Hoffman
Edward Hutman
Cynthia Kelly
Eliot N. Mag
Frederick and Suzanne Miller
Eugene Mizine
Toby Needler
Mimi Pollack
Michelle Portnoff
Pro Piano
Aaron Schneider
Susan Schneider
Sara Schoo
Harold Schwartz
Seth Shulman
Carol Solotoff
Bob and Lisa Suvalsky
Thomas Toronto
Joan and Steve Trachtenberg
Renee Zuritsky
Five Anonymous gifts