James Grymes

Musicologist and Author of "Violins of Hope"

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James A. Grymes is an internationally respected musicologist, a critically acclaimed author, and a dynamic speaker. Grymes has been featured in interviews by the New York Times, ABC News and CNN, and has written essays for the Huffington Post and the Israeli music magazine Opus. He is the author of “Violins of Hope: Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour” (Harper Perennial, 2014). A stirring testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of music, “Violins of Hope” tells the remarkable stories of violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust and of the Israeli violinmaker dedicated to bringing these inspirational instruments back to life. “Violins of Hope” won a National Jewish Book Award. Grymes is Professor of Musicology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.