Impact

Violins of Hope Cleveland presented 90 programs between September 27, 2015, and January 3, 2016

The live and repeat broadcasts and simulcast of the opening concert by The Cleveland Orchestra reached a total of 55,000 people

16,000 people visited the Violins of Hope exhibition at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage

150 teachers attended Facing History’s Violins of Hope professional development workshops

PBS Newshour’s segment about Violins of Hope attracted 1,750,000 viewers

115,000 people watched CBS Sunday Morning’s piece about Violins of Hope

10,000 students attended The Cleveland Orchestra’s Violins of Hope education concerts

ideastream’s documentary, Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust, attracted more than 50,000 viewers to its initial broadcasts. It has since won an Emmy award and is being shown at film festivals across the country