This past July, a world-class cellist from Berlin, Rudolf Weinsheimer, met Matthias and Sieglinde Ploner. He was so excited about the vision of “Haus Nazareth” to wed an outreach to the universities and young people with a community involving the business and professional world in Berlin that he said that he wanted to organize a benefit concert with 12 top-class young cellists and soloists to raise funds for the project.
On Sunday, September 23, the wish became reality. Before a reception in “Haus Nazareth” itself, 200 guests were treated to a virtuoso performance of Paganini and the operatic soprano voice of young Laila Salome, accompanied by the cellists. The concert took place in the chapel of a nearby Baptist church. The 170 seats on the main floor were filled as well as the balcony. Folk came from across Berlin; the former mayor of the borough of Steglitz was there, as was the wife of a previous director of the Berlin Philharmonic, the director of the Julius Stern Institute (part of the University of the Arts in Berlin), as well as neighbors and also friends involved with the project… the list could go on and on! Thanks for your prayers!
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