Ukrainian-American Pianist Inna Faliks in recital at Brooklyn's Bargemusic July 3 & Newport Classical Music Festival July 7
Programs feature works by Clara Schumann, Ravel, and more
This July, the Ukrainian-American Pianist Inna Faliks brings the high romance of Clara Schumann's Piano Sonata in G minor and the colorful impressionism of Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit to two recital programs on the East Coast.
The pianist returns to Brooklyn's floating concert hall for Bargemusic (Brooklyn, NY) on July 3, 2022 at 4 pm. Pairing the Schumann with Ravel, the program marks Ms. Faliks' only NYC appearance this Summer.
This season, Ms. Faliks has performed the works works in recitals across the country. In her only New York appearance this summer, she brings the two pianistic masterpieces together on this compelling program.
On July 7 at 7:30 pm she performs the same repertoire at Newport Classical Music Festival, adding music by Timo Andres, Paola Prestini, and Billy Childs that she commissioned and recorded on her highly acclaimed album "Reimagine: Beethoven and Ravel".
Ms. Faliks recorded Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit on her debut album "Sound of Verse" (2009), and her performance of Clara Schumann's G minor Sonata is on her 2021 album "The Schumann Project, Vol. 1".
Calendar Listing
Masterworks Series: Clara Schumann & Ravel
July 3, 2022 at 4 pm
Bargemusic
1 Water St.
Brooklyn, NY
Tickets and details available here
PROGRAM
Clara Schumann: Piano Sonata in G minor
Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Newport Classical Music Festival
July 7, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Castle Hill Inn
590 Ocean Ave.
Newport, RI
Tickets and details available here
PROGRAM
Clara Schumann: Piano Sonata in G minor
Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Paola Prestini: Variations on a Spell
Timo Andres: Old Ground
Billy Childs: Pursuit
“Adventurous and passionate” (The New Yorker) Ukrainian-born American pianist Inna Faliks has made a name for herself through her commanding performances of standard piano repertoire, as well genre-bending interdisciplinary projects, and inquisitive work with contemporary composers. After her acclaimed teenage debuts at the Gilmore Festival and with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, she has performed on many of the world’s great stages in recital and with many major orchestras, performing with conductors Leonard Slatkin, Keith Lockhart and many others.
Ms. Faliks collaborates with and premieres music by some of today’s most significant composers, including Billy Childs, Richard Danielpour, Timo Andres and Clarice Assad. She is known for her poetry-music series Music/Words, and has worked with a number of prominent poets. She regularly tours her monologue-recital Polonaise-Fantasie, the Story of a Pianist, which tells the story of her immigration to the United States from Odessa (recorded on Delos). Besides Reimagine, her discography includes all-Beethoven and Rachmaninoff/Ravel/Pasternak discs for MSR Classics, and the Master and Margarita project, featuring three world premieres on Sono Luminus.
In addition to her other impressive accomplishments, Faliks is a respected educator and is head of Piano Studies at UCLA. She is also a published writer, with articles and essays appearing in Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, among other media outlets. Her musical memoir, “Weight in the Fingertips,” will be out in 2023, published by Globe Pequot. Inna Faliks is a Yamaha Artist.