Click here for Calendar Archive (2017 and earlier)
Polonaise-Fantasie the Story of a Pianist
In this monologue-recital , the pianist shares her story – immigration from Odessa, training and growing up a musician in Chicago, reuniting with her childhood best friend in a cinematic turn – through words and music of Bach, Shchedrin, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Freidlin and Beethoven.
Prof. Inna Faliks, Head of piano area, UCLA. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Mozart. General admission- $36.00 Children 14 & under- $14.00
Beethoven: Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18 no. 6 (1800)
Ives: String Quartet No. 1 “From the Salvation Army” (1898-1902)
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 (1946)
Beethoven: Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18 no. 6 (1800)
Ives: String Quartet No. 1 “From the Salvation Army” (1898-1902)
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 (1946)
Music of Mozart, Turina, Prokofiev – with Antonio Lysy and friends
Inna Faliks, a renowned pianist and the head of UCLA’s piano department, presents a program that explores, through music, Mikhail Bulgakov’s iconic Soviet novel of art, irony, love, religion, and Faustian legend, The Master and Margarita. Faliks will perform the world premiere of two compositions that celebrate the novel and have been composed especially for this evening: Maya Miro Johnson’s Satan’s Ball, and The Master and Margarita suite for piano by Vera Ivanova. Both Faliks and Ivanova grew up in the Soviet Union. The premieres also reflect on a painting by Stanislav Molodykh in the Wende Museum’s collection that references the famous Soviet novel. The program will also include Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B Minor, an epic Faustian work.
Italian born violinist Roberto Cani, and Russian born pianist Inna Faliks, based in Los Angeles, will present a concert of virtuosic duos, including Beethoven’s glorious Kreutzer Sonata, and Ravel’s sparkling violin sonata. Let’s celebrate Inna’s return to Memphis, and the inspiration of genius composers.
A concerto usually features the virtuosity of a single performer, and we are thrilled to welcome back Inna Faliks for Mozart’s dramatic concerto! Bartok’s 20th-century masterpiece is a concerto not only for a single soloist but for the entire orchestra. It was the first of its kind since the virtuosity of the whole orchestra – including each section – is on display.
Duke Ellington’s last major work is a jazzy ballet inspired by three black kings: Balthazaar, King of the Magi, King Solomon, and Ellington’s friend, Dr. Martin Luther King.