The Auner Quartett, led by the composer's relative Daniel Auner, will perform her Fourth String Quartet on 25 November 2026. This performance marks a significant recovery of a body of work that remained largely in manuscript after the composer was stripped of her right to teach and perform under the Nazi regime. Following her 1938 exile from public life, Dickenson-Auner began composing with renewed intensity, describing her creative output during that period as breaking forth like a tidal wave.

Born in 1880, Dickenson-Auner was a fixture of early 20th-century music, having studied under Otakar Ševčík and debuted with the Czech Philharmonic in 1905. Her career included the Austrian premiere of Bartók's First Violin Sonata in 1922, though she often published early works under the male pseudonym Frank Donnell. The upcoming concert series contextualizes her experience alongside other displaced figures of the era, including Alexander Zemlinsky, Egon Wellesz, and Fritz Kreisler. The cycle, supported by the Alexander Zemlinsky Fund, culminates in a March 2027 performance by baritone Thomas Hampson, who will interpret songs by these exiled composers.