'Vessels of Light': Debut symphony will honor Chiune Sugihara, a savior of Jews.

"Vessels of Light": Debut symphony will honor Chiune Sugihara, a savior of Jews The symphony was "at Ms. Cooper's initiative,"Mr. Mlotek said; it was Ms. Cooperwho first approached Ms. Auerbach, and itwill be Ms. Cooper -- a "world-renownedJapanese-American-Israeli cellist", Mr. Mlotek added -- whois the soloist at the symphony's American premiere onApril 19. So Yad Vashem and the American Societyfor Yad Vashem commissioned the composerLera Auerbach to write a symphony called"Vessels of Light" to honor Sugihara's memory. [Extracted from the article]