The irreparable loss of thousands of Jewish artists (musicians, painters, writers, poets) during the Holocaust is a tragedy whose extensive and long-lasting consequences are still impossible to fully comprehend.

These artists suffered a double penalty: they were murdered in atrocious conditions, and their art was also forgotten for many decades.

This is why the Missing Voices initiative was founded in 2020 by the talented French pianist Dimitri Malignan, dedicated to honoring the works and lives of Jewish composers of Classical Music who were tragically murdered during the Holocaust, and to rectify a shameful oversight in Music History.

One of these missing voices is the Dutch-Jewish composer Daniël Belinfante—a significant professor and composer in early 20th-century Amsterdam—who was murdered by the Nazis on January 27th, 1945, in Auschwitz, on the same day the camp was liberated.

After being forgotten for many decades, Belinfante's legacy is being revived through the very first full album dedicated to his piano compositions, interpreted by Dimitri Malignan.

By recording this music, Missing Voices pursues a transformative form of cultural restitution, aiming to make these talented composers' works accessible for remembrance and appreciation.

Your support is crucial in achieving this goal—shedding light on their stories during an era marked by a regressive decline in Holocaust knowledge and a resurgence of global antisemitism while contributing to the recording of Belinfante's music or sharing the mission of Missing Voices constitutes a powerful and tangible way to amplify these once-silenced voices. Your support and contributions will go directly into the recording expenses (at a top recording studio in the heart of Brussels, with the best sound engineers and a leading piano technician on a state-of-the-art Steinway Model D), the logistics (accomodation and travels for Dimitri) and post-production (mixing, editing, manufacturing of physical CDs and digital streaming, marketing and promotion).

In addition to organizing numerous concerts across the globe (including France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the U.S.A...), Missing Voices launched a new CD collection in 2024 to record the music of composers who faced persecution during WWII. 

In collaboration with the French label Editions Hortus and the esteemed organization Forum Voix Etouffées, this ambitious Missing Voices CD series has already released three albums, receiving widespread critical acclaim and extensive reviews, with several additional albums currently in production. The Daniël Belinfante album will be the Volume 4 of the collection, to be released this Fall. 

Missing Voices was born out of a deep-seated need to resurrect these composers who were tragically lost in the Holocaust, denying the Nazis a posthumous victory over those they eradicated and whose artworks were obliterated, alongside an entire strand of European and Jewish cultures.

Restoring their music is the best way to pay justice to these composers.