Mona Golabek was born on June 23,1954 and is an American concert pianist, author, and radio host.
10 Facts About Mona Golabek
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Mona Golabek has appeared with many leading orchestras and made numerous recordings.
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Concert pianist Mona Golabek is the daughter of Lisa Jura, a concert pianist, and French resistance fighter Michel Golabek.
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Mona Golabek's mother Lisa was born in Austria, and was one of 10,000 Jewish children brought to England before World War II as part of the Kindertransport, a mission to rescue children threatened by the Nazis.
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Mona Golabek won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1972, which led to her New York City recital debut at Hunter College.
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Mona Golabek has since appeared in concert with major orchestras and conductors around the world and in recitals at the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center, and the Royal Festival Hall.
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Mona Golabek has one Grammy nomination and she was the subject of the PBS documentaries More Than the Music, winner of the Grand Prize in the 1985 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.
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In 1998, Mona Golabek began hosting her own classical music radio program "The Romantic Hours", produced by former KFAC radio personality Doug Ordunio.
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In 2003, Mona Golabek founded the Hold on To Your Music non-profit, dedicated to sharing her mother's story with others.
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The foundation has distributed over 300,000 copies of the book as Mona Golabek has brought the educational mission and Willesden READ - a citywide program including the theatrical show - to students worldwide.