Mona Golabek - Author, Actress And Grammy Nominated Concert Pianist. Author/Performer Of "The Children Of Willesden Lane", About Her Mother's Escape From The Nazis And Her Gift Of Music To Mona!

Mona Golabek is an author, actress and Grammy Nominated concert pianist. She has an important and touching Holocaust related story. It’s about her mother, Lisa Jura, at the time a 14 year old pianist living with her family in Vienna, who escaped from the Nazis to England via the Kindertransport program. Mona has written a book about this called “The Children of Willesden Lane”. She subsequently adapted it into a stage version which played in New York, London and elsewhere, starring Mona and for which she received several Best Actress nominations. Later still Mona created a foundation which has brought her mother’s story to over 10 million students and communities around the world. In addition to all this, Mona is a Grammy nominated pianist and the subject of several documentaries including “Concert For Mona” with Zubin Mehta.  My featured song is “Ma Petite Fleur”. Spotify link. --------------------------------------------- The Follow Your Dream Podcast: Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries! For more information and other episodes of the podcast click here.  To subscribe to the podcast click here. To subscribe to our weekly Follow Your Dream Podcast email click here. To Rate and Review the podcast click here. —---------------------------------------- Connect with Mona: www.holdontoyourmusic.org —---------------------------------------- ROBERT’S RECENT SINGLES: “ROUGH RIDER” is Robert’s latest single. It’s got a Cool, ‘60s, “Spaghetti Western”, Guitar-driven, Tremolo sounding, Ventures/Link Wray kind of vibe! CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL VIDEO CLICK HERE FOR ALL LINKS —-------------------------------- “LOVELY GIRLIE” is a fun, Old School, rock/pop tune with 3-part harmony. It’s been called “Supremely excellent!”, “Another Homerun for Robert!”, and “Love that Lovely Girlie!” Click HERE for All Links —---------------------------------- “THE RICH ONES ALL STARS” is Robert’s single featuring the following 8 World Class musicians: Billy Cobham (Drums), Randy Brecker (Flugelhorn), John Helliwell (Sax), Pat Coil (Piano), Peter Tiehuis (Guitar), Antonio Farao (Keys), Elliott Randall (Guitar) and David Amram (Pennywhistle). Click HERE for the Official Video Click HERE for All Links —---------------------------------------- “SOSTICE” is Robert’s single with a rockin’ Old School vibe. Called “Stunning!”, “A Gem!”, “Magnificent!” and “5 Stars!”. Click HERE for all links. —--------------------------------- “THE GIFT” is Robert’s ballad arranged by Grammy winning arranger Michael Abene and turned into a horn-driven Samba. Praised by David Amram, John Helliwell, Joe La Barbera, Tony Carey, Fay Claassen, Antonio Farao, Danny Gottlieb and Leslie Mandoki. Click HERE for all links. —------------------------------------- “LOU’S BLUES”. Robert’s Jazz Fusion “Tone Poem”. Called “Fantastic! Great playing and production!” (Mark Egan - Pat Metheny Group/Elements) and “Digging it!” (Peter Erskine - Weather Report)! Click HERE for all links. —---------------------------------------- Audio production: Jimmy Ravenscroft Kymera Films   Connect with the Follow Your Dream Podcast: Website - www.followyourdreampodcast.com Email Robert - robert@followyourdreampodcast.com   Follow Robert’s band, Project Grand Slam, and his music: Website - www.projectgrandslam.com YouTube Spotify Music Apple Music Email - pgs@projectgrandslam.com