Inna Faliks – Past Concerts

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — Overture in C major
Clara Schumann — Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Clarice Assad — A Retirada
Clarice Assad — Lilith (concerto for piano & orchestra / world premiere)

Ukrainian-born American pianist and professor at UCLA Inna Faliks teaches a piano masterclass.

Ludwig van Beethoven — Selected works
Maurice Ravel — Selected works

Program includes works by Rodion Shchedrin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jan Freidlin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

WWU is proud to present our stunning guest, Inna Faliks, in a masterclass preceding her concert in Western's Sanford-Hill Piano Series.

Richard Danielpour — Joys and Sorrows – Suite in Seven Movements (world premiere)
Fazıl Say — Black Earth, Op. 8
Julia Adolphe — 3 Magnetic Etudes (NY premiere)
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — Notturno in G minor, H. 337 (Nocturne)
John Corigliano — Fantasia on an Ostinato
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"

Veronika Krausas — Master and Margarita Suite

Jan Freidlin — Ballade in Black and White
Clara Schumann — Piano Sonata in G minor
Maurice Ravel — Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55

Maya Miro Johnson — Manuscripts Don't Burn (world premiere)
Veronika Krausas — Master and Margarita Suite (world premiere)
Franz Liszt — Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

Frédéric Chopin – Solo piano work TBA
Robert Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

3-pianist feature: Inna Faliks performs premieres by Timo Andres & Billy Childs, along with Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit. Steven Vanhauwaert & Mark Robson perform Olivier Messiaens’ Visions de l’Amen.

Rodion Shchedrin – Basso Ostinato
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 863 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Jan Freidlin – Ballade in Black and White
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Fantasia No. 3 in D minor, K. 397/385g
Franz Liszt & Frédéric Chopin – Six Chants polonais, S.480, No. 1: "Mädchens Wunsch (The Maiden's Wish)"
Franz Liszt – Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141, No. 3 in G-sharp minor: "La Campanella"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Bagatelles, Op. 126

Franz Schubert – Fantasie in C major, Op. 15, D. 760 "Wanderer"
Ludwig van Beethoven – 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126
Franz Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514

“A concert pianist of the highest order, Inna Faliks can be as dramatic or as subtle as a great stage actor.” – Marc Vitali, WTTW