Holocaust survivor performs composition

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Holocaust survivor, 90, performs music composed 70 years ago in Nazi prison camp with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma

George Horner and Ma received floral bouquets and a standing ovation from the audience of about 1,000 people in Boston's Symphony Hall last night. The performance benefited the Terezin Music Foundation, an organisation dedicated to preserving the work of artists and musicians killed in the Holocaust. Dr Horner played piano and accordion in Terezin Concentration Camp in Czech Republic, and was 21 when he was freed by Allied soldiers in 1945. His parents and sister perished. Ma, who was born 10 years after the end of the Second World War, said before the performance he hoped it would inspire people to a better future.