Untold Stories: A Piece of the Puzzle

London Sinfonietta’s Untold Stories is a series of portrait pieces celebrating the importance of connecting with those around us. Each piece focuses on the story on a member of the public who is a central part of their community.

Derek Nisbet’s new work ‘A Piece of the Puzzle’ is inspired by Avi Tordjman and charts his story in acquiring Coventry Synagogue. Empty since the 90s, Avi acquired the Synagogue 8 years ago and has since then been slowly renovating it for the local community and the city of Coventry. He talks Derek through his motivation and ambitions for the project in this unique composition and film which makes use of interviews, images and traditional Jewish instrumentation.