Ukrainian-American Pianist Inna Faliks' 2022 Fall Season
Highlights include performances of "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" and auto-biographical recital "Polonaise-Fantasie: the Story of a Pianist"
Performances at Lincoln Center, Evanston Symphony, Red Rocks Music Festival and more
"A pianist of the highest order" - Berkshire Fine Arts
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
October 21 at 7:00 pm | Lincoln Center (New York, NY)
October 30 at 2:30 pm | Pick-Staiger Concert Hall (Evanston, IL)
In October, pianist Inna Faliks performs Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" in two appearances. On October 21, she joins the Pegasus Orchestra and conductor Karén Hakobyan at Lincoln Center. She is one of five stellar pianists in a program that also includes all of Rachmaninoff's works for piano and orchestra. On October 30, she joins the Evanston Symphony to perform the work with conductor Lawrence Eckerling.
Polonaise-Fantaisie: The Story of a Pianist
November 13 at 7:00 pm | The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre (Sacramento, CA)
November 20 at 4:00 pm | Bethel Lutheran Church (Madison, WI)
"Polonaise-Fantaisie: The Story of a Pianist" is the hybrid of a piano recital and an autobiographical monologue, and Inna Faliks considers it the most personal project she has ever done. She says: “It is my hope that, in sharing this story, I offer audiences a glimpse into a life of a performing musician, as well as into my very personal story – the story that makes me the artist I am today.” Ms. Faliks recorded the project as an album on Delos in 2017.
Red Rocks Music Festival: "Mainly Beethoven"
December 4 at 3:00 pm | Steele Indian School Park (Phoenix, AZ)
Ms. Faliks joins violinist Liba Schacht (Roosevelt University) and cellist John Sharp (Chicago Symphony) for a program of chamber music at Red Rocks Music Festival in Phoenix. They'll perform the Southwest premiere of Veronika Krausas' "Master & Margarita Suite" alongside Fanny Mendelssohn's "Notturno" and the Archduke Trio and Appassionata Sonata by Beethoven.
Forthcoming musical memoir
Inna Faliks has announced that Weight in the Fingertips will be published by Globe Pequot on June 15, 2023. The book is "a memoir of experiences growing up in Ukraine and immigrating to the States, becoming a musician, the adventures of a musical life, the trials of being a woman in a male dominated field, a paean to teachers and mainly a love affair with the music itself."
Recent Recordings
Reimagine: Beethoven and Ravel (Navona NV6352)
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The Schumann Project, Volume 1 (MSR Classics)
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Biography
“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. Inna Faliks is a Yamaha Artist.