For many of us here in Bratislava the name Ruth Fazal is associated with Oratorio Terezin, a powerful full length work scored for symphony orchestra, choir and soloists. The Oratorio is based on children's poetry which miraculously survived from the ghetto of Terezin (Theresienstadt). The European premiere of that piece took place in March 10th 2004 in Bratislava Reduta Hall followed then by performances in Vienna, Brno and Prague.  In both Bratislava and Prague there were side events joined to the musical event called The International Seminar on the Tragedy ofHolocaust . Both seminars took place in the Parliaments.  In Bratislava the Oratorio and the Seminar was organized under the wings of the Chairman of the Parliament Mr. In Bratislava the Oratorio and the Seminar was organized under the wings of the Chairman of the Parliament Mr. Hrušovsky. It was the first time when the wide public was openly informed about some of the horrors including the fact how Slovak Republic during the WWII paid Hitler for an each transported Jew, even a year old child.

After five years from the premiere Ruth Fazal is back in Bratislava recording her new piece of music with Slovak Radio Orchestra. After five years from the premiere  In spite of her busy schedule she graciously accepted the invitation of ICEJ Slovakia to the evening meeting on Sunday, May 17, 2009.   Ruth Fazal is a very fruitful person in the musical world. Besides being an accomplished violinist and keyboard player , she is a composer, worship leader and a Christian songwriter .  Ruth has recorded 18 albums of her songs and instrumental music of her. "Song is like a river" was the uniting theme of the evening. Ruth led the audience into worship on the passages of David's psalms for which she wrote the melody.  With the words on the screen it was easy to join these well known confessions of David's heart like "one thing I ask" or "I lift my eyes." The atmosphere was meditative and offered a soaking time in God's presence.

As already mentioned, Ruth came to Bratislava with a purpose of recording her new piece “AWAKENING “ for symphonic orchestra and choirs. It is an alerting calling for the hour in which we live.  The TRUMPETER calls us to come away with Him, and through the music we are then ushered into an entirely new realm until finally, in the place of worship, we become aware of the sound of all creation groaning. In the midst of this groaning, God's voice sings out : “ Comfort My people!  Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. "

Shortly after the beginning all the seats in the concert hall were occupied. We invited both Christians from local churches and members of the Jewish Community.  We could warmly welcome our honourable guests HE Zeev Boker , the Israeli Ambassador to Slovakia, and John Freund the Holocaust survivor.