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Jewish Community Center Orchestra Rehearsal, ca. 1975
Rehearsal of the Jewish Community Center Orchestra, ca. 1975
Jewish Community Center Orchestra Rehearsal, ca. 1965
Photograph of the Jewish Community Orchestra rehearsal
The Ackermann, Breiner, and Gruber Family
Kurt and Gerda Ackermann (left) Emil and Trude Breiner (center) Gabriel and Lynn Gruber (right)
Kurt and Gerda Ackermann with Taka Kling
Paul Kling (1929-2005) was a gifted Czech born Jewish violinist who managed to survive internment at two Nazi concentration camps in adolescence. After the war he became a concert master at the NKO Symphony in Tokyo. There he met and married his…
JCC of Louisville Concert Program
This Jewish community of Louisville musical program in honor of the 34th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel features Kurt Ackermann as concertmaster.
Jewish Community Center Orchestra
The Jewish Community Orchestra playing on the handball courts of the JCC on Dutchman's lane. Kurt Ackermann is playing first violin.
Program for Sunday Musicale at Four Courts
From the late 1950s through the early 2000s, Four Courts was Louisville's residential home for Jewish seniors. Concert programs such as this one featuring Kurt Ackermann were a common form of community-led volunteerism , bring cultural and spiritual…
Advertisement for the First Concert of the University of Louisville Symphony Orchestra
The concert was held on December 14, 1956 at Columbia Auditorium. Tickets were 50 cents (about $5.00 in 2022 dollars).
Letter to Kurt Ackermann from conductor Sidney Harth
In September of 1956, violinist and Louisville Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Sidney Harth invites Kurt Ackermann to audition for a new orchestra forming at the University of Louisville. The audition was successful and Kurt Ackermann is listed as a…
Trude Breiner in her Milliner Shop
Elegant and fashionable Trude Breiner ran her own hat store on Bardstown Rd.