Dedicated to my most generous patron & champion, Irmgard Hess Rosenberger, who Max Bruch and Richard Strauss stayed in her home when she was a child. On 11/25/98, as part of the reopening ceremonies of the Spanish Synagogue in Prague, THE ROSENBERBER VARIATIONS had it's world premiere in front of a standing room only audience, including fifteen heads of state and a representative from the Vatican.