JUNO-Award Winning Album: Lenka Lichtenberg's Thieves of Dreams: Songs of Theresienstadt's Secret Poetess.

 

The songs are based on poetry that Lenka's grandmother, Anna Hana Friesova had written while imprisoned at the concentration camp.

Learn more about the project from this video.

Recent Press:

"A Haunting set of musical gems" - John Clewley, The Bangkok Post (June 7, 2022)

"Incredibly touching... A moving way to honour history and make sure we never forget" - Talia Schlanger, CBC's Q (May 17, 2022)

"An unfogettable tribute to Lenka's mother and grandmother, to which we say, l'chaim!" - Evelyn Frick, Kveller (May 12, 2022)

"A glorious achievement" - David Olds, The Whole Note (Scroll down) (May 2022 reviews)

"Harrowingly beatutiful" - Bernard Clarke, RTE (Ireland), Blue of the Night, part of a 4-part feature and interview about Lenka Lichtenberg's Theives of Dreams
Part 1 (May 30, 2022)
Part 2 (May 31, 2022)
Part 3 (June 1, 2022)
Part 4 (June 2, 2022)

"In the words of the Passover refrain, simply finding the poems would have been proof enough—“dayenu”—of divine grace; turning them into stunning songs is gift upon gift." - Alan Tigay / World Listening Post (August 25, 2022)

2-part interview on Radio Sefarad with Linda Jimenez
Part 1: On Building Bridges Between Cultures (August 2, 2022)
Part 2: On Creating the Album "Thieves of Dreams" (August 9, 2022)

"Thieves of Dreams" reached #1 on the Merging Arts/Global Radio Chart in August, 2022

"Thieves of Dreams" reached #11 on World Music Charts Europe in September, 2022

"A wonderful album" - Jan Hall / Folk Roots Radio (Sept 16, 2022)

Interview and 2-part feature about Lenka Lichtenberg's Thieves of Dreams on Detour Radio with Paul Hartman.
Part 1 (May 22, 2022)
Part 2 (June 5, 2022)

40-minute feature (in French) about "Thieves of Dreams" on Radio-Shalom with host Helene Engel (July 8, 2022)

Named one of the Top 15 World Music Albums of June 2022 - Spin the Globe with Scott Stevens (June 2022)

“Compelling” - Martin Alvarado / WORT’s Global Revolutions. Program includes a short interview with Lenka Lichtenberg and 3 songs from "Thieves of Dreams" (June 27, 2022)

1-hour interview with Lenka Lichtenberg on "Talk of the Bay" on KSQD in California, with host Len Beyea (June 15, 2022)

"Masterfully recorded... touching" - Review of "Thieves of Dreams" in BlogFoolk Magazine (in Italian) (June 22, 2022)

Lenka Lichtenberg's "Thieves of Dreams" on CBC's Saturday Night Jazz with Laila Biali (June 25, 2022)

"Thieves of Dreams" featured on CKCU's "The Power of Song" with Mike Regenstreif (June 18, 2022)

"A gem" - Jed Parkinson / Tisen (in Czech) (June 13, 2022)

15-minute feature on Lenka Lichtenberg's "Thieves of Dreams" on LSM, Latvian National Radio (June 13, 2022)

Feature on "Thieves of Dreams" on KFAI's "Foreign Currency" with Paul Harding (July 1, 2022)

"Thieves of Dreams" featured on Mundofonias Radio (in Spanish) (June 13, 2022)

"Thieves of Dreams" feature on "Music of the World" from Istanbul (in Turkish) (June 10, 2022)

How Lenka Lichtenberg created "Thieves of Dreams" - Go Northmumberland News (June 9, 2022)

Feature on Mondopone Radio in Luxembourg with Willi Kloppotek (August 25, 2022)

Feature on "Thieves of Dreams" on Around Midnight, Hit and Run with host Ioannis Lymperis (in Greek) (June 9, 2022)

10-minute feature on "Thieves of Dreams" on WEFT-FM's Wednesday Beat Blender (June 8, 2022)

Feature on "Sedmé Nebe/Seventh Heaven" with Petr Doruzka (Starts at 30:50) (June 3, 2022)

One hour feature on Lenka Lichtenberg's "Theives of Dreams" on Conzertzender (Netherlands) with Benno Wormgoor (May 28, 2022)

"Beautiful" - DJ Madame B. Part of 14-minute feature on "Thieves of Dreams" on Donne Del Mundo (Starts at 17:10) (May 27, 2022) 

45-minute interview with Lenka Lichtenberg about "Thieves of Dreams" on Araceli Tzigane's "Music Before Shabbat" (May 27, 2022)

"An amazing album" - The Bangkok Post (May 24, 2022, part of their "Summer Music Preview)

"Superb... fabulous... beautiful" - Jordi Demesenlla (19 minute feature at end of program that airs in Barcelona and three dozen stations in Catalonia) (Link to broadcast) (May 23, 2022) 

"An amazing musical experience" - Novy Domov, Masaryktown Magazine (May 2022 issue)

Songs for New and Old Worlds - Christopher Cameron, Watershed Magazine (May 2022 issue)

Feature on Globofonie Radio, Italy (Starts at 56:20 into broadcast) (May 23, 2022)

Thieves of Dreams named on “Best New European Music / Alternative to Eurovision” Radio program/Pet Door Vision Song Contest with host Hannah Werdmuller. Medium Article (May 21, 2022)

Thieves of Dreams featured on CBC's "Big City, Small World" (May 21, 2022)

Feature on KVMR's "Earth Music" with Don Lipari (May 17, 2022)

Highly Recommended - Zsido (in Hungarian) (May 16, 2022)

"Beautiful" - Pandora Peoples, Part of feature on "Pandora's Jukebox" on WOMR radio (May 15, 2022)

25-minute feature and interview on WORT-Radio (Madison, WI) with Jeff Spitzer-Resnick (May 12, 2022)

"An amazing album" - Rochelle Zucker, Winnipeg's Jewish Radio Hour (part of 15 minute feature and interview about "Thieves of Dreams" (May 8, 2022)

Featured on "Sounds Jewish's Mother's Day Special" with Andy Muchin (Link to broadcast) (May 8, 2022)

Lenka Lichtenberg discovers how her grandmother survived in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp - Roots Music Canada (May 7, 2022)

Feature on "Serenity Now" (University of Washington radio, with Sophie Heeter) (May 6, 2022)

Rave reviews for Thieves of Dreams - Kerry Doole's May Music Digest, FYI Music News (Scroll down) (May 5, 2022)

Interview on WSFM's "Musical Migrations" with Gypsy Flores (May 4, 2022)

"Fantastic... A powerful project" - Ken Stowar, CIUT. 20-minute feature and interview about Theives of Dreams on CIUT-FM (Toronto's) Global Rhythms with guest Dan Rosenberg (May 4, 2022)

Named one of "May's Hot Tracks" - CBC's Frequencies with Errol Nazareth (May 3, 2022)

"Amazing" - Paolo Pietropaolo, CBC's "In Concert" (May 1, 2022)