Songs on the Violin of Hope. Generously provided by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the “Klezmer” violin on which Sonia Lazar is performing, is one of two instruments brought to Winnipeg from the Violins of Hope program. Amnon and Avshi Weinstein, Israeli luthiers, have been collecting Holocaust violins, restoring them and learning from the owners their stories of injustice, suffering, resilience, and survival. Together with pianist Leanne Regehr Lee, Sonia Lazar will be performing a program of Jewish music on this very special violin.