Paul Kling is a Czech born American violinist. He was sent to Theresienstadt at the age of 15, where he was the violinist chosen to play in Viktor Ullmann

Viktor Ullmann

Viktor Ullmann was a Silesia-born Austrian, later Czech composer, conductor and pianist of Jewish origin.- Biography :...

's opera, The Kaiser from Atlantis, although the opera was never performed. Kling was transported to Auschwitz on 28 September 1944, but survived. After the war he became concertmaster of the NHK Symphony Orchestra

NHK Symphony Orchestra

The in Tokyo, Japan began as the New Symphony Orchestra on October 5, 1926 and was the country's first professional symphony orchestra. Later, it changed its name to Japan Symphony Orchestra and in 1951, after receiving financial support from NHK, it took its current name...

 and the Louisville Symphony Orchestra.