Hans is a musician in Hitler’s orchestra. Playing for the Berlin Philharmonic gives him exceptional security and status, but he pays a steep price for his ambition. The Nazis protect him from the fighting and pay him to play in the world’s greatest orchestra, but he hates them, and everything they stand for.

Sofia is trapped in the besieged city of Leningrad. Starved by German forces and frozen by the Soviet winter, her orchestra, The Leningrad Radio Orchestra, is down to its last dozen members. They rise from near death to perform Shostakovich’s new symphony in the crippled city. Projected by speakers to the German front lines, they enact one of music’s greatest stories of defiance.

After falling in love as students and being separated by war, Hans and Sofia refuse to forget each other and can see no path back to reunion. Meanwhile as the tide of war turns, Berlin becomes surrounded by the Red Army. Hitler is in his bunker, Hans plays his final concert, and Sofia makes a decision that sets her on a course from which there is no return.

IN THAT MOMENT WE TRIUMPHED is a novel set in the Second world War. It follows the fate of the fictional characters Hans and Sofia. Their story is weaved around shocking true events that took place in Berlin and Leningrad. Each concert described in the book actually occurred. Below you can see a list of videos that to help the reader to connect with the music performed by The Berlin Philharmonic and the Leningrad Radio Orchestra.