News & Events:
Coming soon! Janet’s award-winning book The Cello Still Sings will be released in an audiobook format in March. Pre-order here to make sure you receive your copy.
One of the 100 Best Books of 2023
Janet has just received wonderful news! In addition to receiving a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, her book has been chosen by Kirkus as one of the 100 best Indie books of 2023!
The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music, has just won the 2023 Best Book Award from American Bookfest in the performing arts category. The book is available from Amsterdam Publishers and your favorite bookstore.
Visit book page for more information and ordering links
Janet is available to present for book groups/clubs. Please email her with your inquiries.
Recent Press:
- “A poetic, nuanced tribute to the power of music and family.”
–KIRKUS starred review
– - Minnesota cellist tells family’s story of survival during Holocaust
–Fox 9 News
– - Book review: The Cello Still Sings
–The Strad
– - Honor and Honesty; Thoughts on “The Cello Still Sings”
–Jewish Book World
– - “Nonfiction authors entwined with their subjects, and some medieval history, too”
–Saint Paul Pioneer Press
– - ‘The Cello Still Sings’ tells of former Minnesota Orchestra cellist’s family connection to the Holocaust
–MinnPost
– - How a father’s and daughter’s love of music unlocked memories of the Holocaust
–Toronto Star
Upcoming Events:
Music Mondays, Sarasota Institute for Lifelong Learning
March 4, 2024
Presentation and Conversaton
10:30 am
Church of the Palms
3224 Bee Ridge Rd.
Sarasota, FL
3:00 pm
Venice Presbyterian Church
825 The Rialto
Venice, FL
Private Book Event
March 10, 2024
Private Book Event
Sarasota, FL
Book Signing Event
March 5, 2024
7:00 pm
Bookstore1, Sarasota
117 S Pineapple Ave
Sarasota, FL
Book Event
March 6, 2024
10:30 am
Presentation and Conversaton
Sarasota Music Archives
1331 1st Street
Sarasota, FL
Seminars and Presentations
Courageous Conversations
Janet enjoys leading discussions and is available to present to diverse groups, suitable for private events in your home, places of worship, community centers and gathering places, book club meetings, as well as at colleges and schools.
News & Events Archive:
Book Event
In Honor of International Holocaust Day
January 25, 2024
11:00 am
ModernWell, A woman-centered Minneapolis coworking space
2909 S Wayzata Blvd
Minneapolis, MN
Book Signing and Presentation
Minnesota Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra Accent Series
January 18, 2024
Reception 6:00 – 6:45
Program: Music and Conversation
6:45 pm
Schmitt Music
7800 Harmony Dr.
Bloomington, MN 55439
Book Award Reveal and Signing
Celebrating The Cello Still Sings
December 16
10:00am
COMMA, a Bookshop
4250 Upton Ave S
Minneapolis MN
Presentation
November 7, 2023
luncheon Oakdale Golf & Country Club
Toronto Canada
Holocaust Education Week
November 2 – 9, 2023
Holocaust Education Week,
Congregation Habonim Toronto
Wednesday November 8
5 Glen Park Avenue
Toronto, Canada
Book Signing and Presentation
6:30 pm
Book Event
October 4, 2023
Temple Israel Sisterhood Book Club
Minneapolis MN
Private Book Event
September 21, 2023
Private Book Event, Minnetonka MN
Meet & Greet and Book Signing
Canada Day
July 1, 2023
Minneapolis
Private Presentation
Monday, June 26, 2023
Abiitan Mill City Facility
Book Presentation
Thursday, June 1, 2023
6:30 pm – 8:00 om
vickie@aftonhousehistoricalmuseum.com
Book Presentation and Class
161 Northfield Road
Book Launch Event: Presented by Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
Join us Friday, May 5 at 6.30 p.m. for a very special Kabbalat Shabbat service, followed by dinner with special guest speaker — musician, author and former Temple member, Janet Horvath.
210 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, Canada
Book Signing
April 4
7:00 pm
Presented by Excelsior Bay Books
Excelsior Bay Books
36 Water Street
Excelsior MN 55331
Jewish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
13613 Orchard Road
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Book Launch Event: Book signing and reading
Book Launch Event: Book signing, Transfer of Memory Exhibit
Janet Horvath cello, Heather MacLaughlin piano
Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas
Audio Contest
Janet was an audio-documentary runner up for the 2021 Miller Audio Contest with her piece “A Musician Who Can’t Tolerate Sound,” hosted by the Missouri Review.
Virtual Presentations
Presentation about her parent’s experiences during the Holocaust
Oakland, CA
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Yom HaShoah April 8, 2021 @ 6:00-8:00pm
Presentation
Hearing Protection for Piano Teachers and Other Musicians seminar
Piercing the Silence: Unearthing Family Secrets & Holocaust Memories in Concert
Janet Horvath, cello
Heather MacLaughlin, piano
The original multi-media performance/presentation, produced and written by Ms. Horvath, includes narration, 180 projected photos, and cello interludes, which Janet performs. Discussion to follow.
Suitable for ages 10 and up.
Janet is available to present to diverse groups. Her piece is suitable for private events in your home, places of worship, community centers and gathering places, as well as at colleges and schools. An upright or larger piano and screen and projector are required.
MTNA National Conference 2020
Piercing the Silence: Holocaust Memories and Lessons in Concert
Thursday November 7th, 7:30 pm
George Mason University School of Music
Friday October 25th
Playing (Less) Hurt: Injury Prevention Seminar for Musicians
July 18, 2019
Seminar and Master Class
Franklin Pond Chamber Music
Location and times TBA
4835 Franklin Pond Road
Atlanta GA 30342
Playing (Less) Hurt: Injury Prevention Seminar for Musicians
Saturday, January 26, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS)
Winter Retreat
Hopkins High School
2400 Lindbergh Drive, Minnetonka, MN
Irving M. Klein International String Competition
Last June, Janet presented her injury prevention seminar and was a judge for the 33rd Annual Irving M. Klein International String Competition
California Music Center
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Ms. Horvath served on the Jury to select the winners from some of the world’s finest young string players.
Its award carries the distinction that has helped many top soloists gain prominence in the competitive world of classical music
Book Signing and Presentation
International Holocaust Day
January 27, 2024
2:00 pm
Big Hill Books
405 Penn Ave S
Minneapolis, MN.
Private Book Event
November 7, 2023
7:45pm
Thornhill, Ontario Canada
Private Book Event
November 1, 2023
Private Book Event
Golden Valley, MN
Twin Cities Book Festival
Presentation and Class
9:30 am
Luncheon and Presentation
Book Event and Presentation
6:00 pm
2323 Fremont Avenue South
Pre-Concert Presentation
Hosted by Minnesota Orchestra
Thursday June 8, 2023
10:15 am
(open to public at 10 am )
Friday June 9, 2023
7:15 pm
(open to public at 7 pm)
Orchestra Hall
1111 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis
Ticket Info
(612) 371-5656
Book Signing
Presented by Indigo Books
May 6th
1:00 pm
Indigo Books
Eglinton and Yonge store
Toronto Canada
Author Presentation
Beth Emet Synagogue Lunch and Literature Book Club
Thursday, May 4
1 pm
Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
100 Elder Street
Toronto, Ontario
A Daughter's Search for Her Father's Holocaust Story World Without Genocide
Book Launch Event: Book signing and conversation with special guest Deborah Keenan
420 Summit Ave
St Paul 55102
Tiny Love Stories, a Modern Love Project
Modern Love is a weekly column in the Style section of the New York Times, and is now a book, a podcast and in its 17th year as a television show. Tiny Love Stories, a Modern Love Project, asks contributors to share their epic love stories in 100 words or less.
Janet’s piece “No Ordinary Cake” was selected for the Sunday column in May of 2021 and then featured again on May 17, 2021 in the first section, under the heading Spotlight with this photo of Janet and her mother Katherine.
Piercing the Silence: Unearthing Family Secrets & Holocaust Memories Through Music"
Wellness for Musicians
Forum
SZOMBAT Article about Janet's New Book
“Camp Concerts by Leonard Bernstein and a Hungarian Cellist” from Hungarian Jewish Political and Cultural Magazine, SZOMBAT
Classical MPR feature:
SPCO Judge
Janet was a judge for the SPCO annual Youth Chamber Music Competition Finals, sponsored by the Friends of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in March 2020.
Janet participated in a special event May 2018: International Jewish-German Week
The Wolf Durmashkin Composition Award and Leonard-Bernstein-Jubilee-Concert took place May 9 and 10, 2018 and featured Janet Horvath, as cello soloist, in Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei with a Bavarian Orchestra.
During the transformative week of reconciliation and remembrance, three Jubilee Concerts celebrated the 100th anniversary of legendary maestro Leonard Bernstein’s birth, and commemorated concerts held at the displaced persons camp in Landsberg, Germany, 70 years ago.
After the Second World War, seventeen musicians, including cellist, George Horvath, Janet’s father, all Holocaust survivors, formed the St Ottilien Orchestra and performed morale-boosting concerts in Bavaria. Two performances conducted by Leonard Bernstein were held in Landsberg in May 1948, for 5,000 DPs. Janet's performance 70 years later, in Germany, where her father played, where thousands of stateless persons languished after the horrors of the war, had special significance to her family and to other invited guests who were born in the Landsberg DP camp, and whose parents had been displaced persons there.
Other events included the creation of The Wolf Durmashkin Composition Award for composers under the age of 35. Three prize-winning compositions were performed during the commemoration.
See official flyer (in German)
More information:
May 10, 1948 concert
May 10, 2018 concert
A Silenced Legacy – Honoring the Music and the Musicians
Tuesday, February 26, 7:30 pm
Temple Chai, North Phoenix, AZ
Janet performs a variety of chamber music and solos, as part of a 6-piece ensemble. She will also speak about her father and unearthing family secrets.
Arizona Musicfest 'Violins of Hope'
Saturday, February 23, 8:00 pm
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, AZ
Sunday, February 24, 3:00 pm
La Casa de Cristo Church, North Scottsdale, AZ
The Festival Orchestra performs with Gil Shaham, violin soloist.
The Violins, which were played during the Holocaust in ghettos and concentration camps, and painstakingly restored by luthier Amnon Weinstein, will be featured.