A powerful evening of music and remembrance Sept. 18 will feature a restored instrument that survived the Holocaust as the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with Theatre MSU, presents a tribute to Holocaust victims.

The concert takes place at 6 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. in Mississippi State’s Music Building Recital Hall, 124 Hardy Road, featuring an instrument from Violins of Hope. Through a repertoire of chamber music, narration and historical imagery, the program illuminates voices silenced by tragedy and celebrates the resilience of humanity.

The concert’s featured instrument, the Soldiers’ Violin, is housed in the Alabama Holocaust Education Center. According to the AHEC, it is the only organization nationwide that has a violin on permanent loan from the Violins of Hope, a collection of restored instruments from the Holocaust.