A special free program at the Goethe-Institut Washington .
Tickets are free of charge, but reservations are required.
For general information, visit the Web site of the Goethe-Institut Washington . See our venue information concerning the Goethe-Institut Washington for a neighborhood map and directions, parking, and Metro information. Of Polish-Jewish decent, Rosner was a child prodigy as a classical violinist, and later went on to study to be a conductor at Berlin's Music Academy. When the Nazis took power in Germany, Rosner fled eastward to the Soviet Union, where Stalin declared him a State musician. However, following the war, Stalin changed his thinking and sent Rosner to Siberia.