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Inna Faliks

Inna Faliks
Photo: Music Academy of the West

Inna Faliks

adjudicator, solo piano competition

Biography

“Adventurous and passionate” (The New Yorker) Ukrainian-born pianist Inna Faliks has established herself as one of the most communicative and poetic artists of her generation. She has made a name for herself through commanding performances of standard piano repertoire, as well genre-bending, interdisciplinary projects, and inquisitive work with contemporary composers.

Faliks has had a strong commitment to contemporary music giving premieres of works composed for and dedicated to her by Timo Andres, Billy Childs, Richard Danielpour, Paola Prestini, Ljova, Clarice Assad, and Peter Golub. Faliks has been featured on radio and television throughout the world. Her most recent CD releases, Reimagine: Beethoven and Ravel on Navona Records and The Schumann Project Volume 1, on MSR Classics, were named to several “best of 2021” lists.

Faliks is founder and curator of Music/Words, an award-winning poetry-music series: performances in collaboration with distinguished poets. Her long-standing relationship with Chicago’s WFMT radio has led to multiple broadcasts of the series.

Inna Faliks is a Yamaha Artist and is currently Professor of Piano and Head of Piano at UCLA.

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