Inna Faliks, piano
Friday, October 21 & Sunday, October 23
Schubert - Sonata in a minor, Op. 143
Liszt - Transcendental Etudes No. 10, 11
Sofia Gubaidulina - Chaconne
Beethoven - Appassionata Sonata, Op. 57
Inna Faliks has established herself as one of the most exciting young pianists of her generation. She came to the US from Odessa when she was 10, and was 15 when she made her acclaimed debut with the Chicago Symphony. Since that time has performed on many of the world's greatest stages, including Carnegie Hall, Le Poisson Rouge, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paris’ Salle Cortot, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen and in festivals such as Verbier, Brevard and Bargemusic. Critics praise her “poetry and panoramic vision” (Washington Post), "courage to take risks" (General Anzeiger, Bonn), as well as her “riveting passion and playfulness” (Baltimore Sun). She was the first prize winner of the coveted International Pro Musicis Award 2005, Hilton Head, St. Charles, and many others international competitions. She appears regularly on radio stations nationwide – on WQXR in NY, WFMT in Chicago, and WGBH in Boston, and in renowned series such as LA Live, Music in the Loft in Chicago, Bargemusic in NY, Pianoforte Chicago, Embassy Series in DC, Rockefeller University Series, and others.
Ms. Faliks is committed to rare and new music, as well as standard repertoire. Her new CD on MSR Classics, Sound of Verse, released in August 2009 and featuring rare music of Boris Pasternak, Rachmaninoff and Ravel, received rave reviews in publications such as Gramophone and Fanfare. Ms. Faliks presented the West Coast premiere of 13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg, contemporary variations on Bach's Aria, at LACMA, LA; and gave the New York premiere of the work at Bargemusic. Her teachers include Ann Schein and Leon Fleisher at Peabody Conservatory, Boris Petrushansky at Accademia Pianistica Internazionale in Italy and Gilbert Kalish at Stony Brook University. Her first teacher was Irene Faliks, her mother, and upon arriving to the US she studied for many years with Emilio del Rosario at the Music Institute of Chicago. In addition to her national and international touring schedule, Inna is the founder and curator of Music/Words, a series of live classical performances combined with contemporary poets reading their work. The series, now in its second season, has been featured in multiple NYC locations, as well as live on WFMT radio in Chicago. Inna Faliks is on piano faculty at Northeastern Illinois University, and resides in NYC.
Additional information on Inna Faliks can be found at www.innaonline.com.