Music competition launched to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Members of Electric Umbrella sing during the Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 ceremony (Photo: HMDT/Sam Churchill)[Missing Credit]

Through HMD Harmony, Olivia Marks-Woldman OBE, chief executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, said: “We want to encourage a new generation of musicians to engage creatively with Holocaust Memorial Day, ensuring its lessons continue to resonate with future generations.”

The ceremony, which is broadcast on TV and has previously been noninated for a BAFTA, is the UK’s annual event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which takes place on January 27. It brings together Holocaust survivors and celebrities, as well as political, civic and faith leaders.

A choral performance during Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 (Photo: Holocaust Memorial Day Trust/Sam Churchill)[Missing Credit]

The ceremony remembers the six million Jewish men, women and children who perished in the Holocaust and the millions more from other communities who were murdered under the Nazi persecution. Holocaust Memorial Day also commemorates genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

The competition, which closes on November 9, will be judged by an expert panel, the members of which are to be announced later this year.

For full details of the HMD Harmony Music Competition and how to enter, click here or go to: hmd.org.uk/hmd-harmony