Inkmarks On Empty Dreams

This us the story of Frieda Belinfante (1904-1995), a remarkable woman who was the first female conductor to have her own symphony orchestra in Holland and later in Orange County, United States. Controversial, because of her homosexuality she shows a remarkably strong and positive will in everything she does. Born in a family of musicians in Amsterdam, she joins the resistance during WW II and flees to Switzerland. After the war she moves to the U.S. where she proceeds with her musical career in the Hollywood studios and forms her own symphony orchestra with only Hollywood musicians. The story of her life is told by herself, her older sister Renee, old students and friends, and illustrated by the places where she lived, archive material of her orchestra and some of her most beautiful music. Dutch cellist, conductor, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter. Born into a musical family, she began studying the cello at the age of 10. She debuted professionally at age 17, and worked as a directo...

Erica Fischer published her novel  Aimée and Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943  in 1994. In 2001, Max Färberböck's movie,  Aimée and Jaguar: A Love Greater than Death  was released. A true love story between two women during the World War II in Nazi Germany : Lilly is German and Felice is Jewish. The story of Aimée and Jaguar can be read on multiple levels. Indeed, it comes to us already in two incarnations : the clash between their genes and heritage and their love for each other. Felice knows she can’t tell Lilly she’s a Jew, so there’s comes the drama, because Lilly didn’t know what love was and the nationalism in Germany of that period made women just recipients for growing the higher race, character, freedom or education lacked. Women couldn’t have nor find jobs and Felice had to hide her Jewish heritage while helping the resistance. She had a change to go to America to her uncle, but for Lilly she chose not too. Their devotion to each other during such harsh time is admirable...