April 2025 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Armenian virtuoso Haik Kazazyan has been crowned winner of the inaugural Classic Violin Olympus in Dubai. Kazazyan triumphed after a gruelling six rounds at Dubai’s Jumeirah Zabeel Saray ...

A tour de force. It’s hard to think of a better description of “The Violin Maker,” from International City Theatre, making its American debut at the Beverly O’Neill Theater in downtown ...

A violin from a Nazi concentration camp nearly went unnoticed for over eight decades, then a secret note changed everything. In 1941, while imprisoned at Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A violin with a hidden message inside, crafted in ...

He hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances. Musical instruments were crafted, present and found in concentration camps across Central and Eastern Europe during World ...

“Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa.” Recommended Videos The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by Franciszek “Franz” Kempa while imprisoned by the Nazis at Dachau in southern ...

He secretly wrote a note and concealed it in a violin he had crafted under appalling conditions, leaving a testament to hope and resistance that remained buried for more than eight decades.

“Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa.” The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by Franciszek “Franz” Kempa while imprisoned by the Nazis at Dachau in southern Germany, remained unnoticed ...

This image obtained from AP video shows a tag with the text ''K.L. Dachau'' seen through the f-holes of a Dachau-built instrument dubbed the ''violin of hope'' in Magyarpolány, Hungary ...

She performs on a c.1775 Anselmo Bellosio violin kindly provided by Georg von Opel. Cédric Tiberghien is a French pianist who has established a truly international career. He has been particularly ...