Keyboard - The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

For questions, please contact Inna Faliks, Professor of Piano and Keyboard Area Head.

The piano performance program at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA is highly selective, inviting a small number of piano majors each year to join its two piano studios.  The organ studio also accepts a limited number of organ majors each year into its organ studio.

The keyboard program is known for its special attention to individual students, an internationally renowned faculty of concert artists, and ample performance opportunities such as a weekly recital series, solo and concerto competitions, Abell Series  guest artist master classes, collaboration with instrumentalists and composers, involvement in chamber music and contemporary music, work with composers, studio classes, and interdisciplinary festivals.

Through an atmosphere that combines nurture, hard work and inspiration, UCLA piano students receive a one-of-a-kind experience.

Keyboard Faculty

Christoph Bull
Adjunct Professor - Organ Performance
Inna Faliks
Professor - Head of Piano Performance
David Kaplan
Inaugural Shapiro Family Professor in Piano Performance, Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education & Composition
James Lent
Continuing Lecturer - Collaborative Piano
Feb 22 Sun
4:00pm
Free
chamber-music
Neal Stulberg and Jonathan Shames in Recital
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening of piano music featuring Professor Neal Stulberg and guest Dr. Jonathan Shames (The University of Oklahoma).
Recording Studio, Ostin Music Center Learn More
Mar 12 Thu
6:00pm
Free
chamber-music, classical
UCLA Piano Marathon
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for our yearly, eagerly awaited themed UCLA Piano Marathon where all piano students gather to perform in a themed piano evening.
Lani Hall Learn More
Mar 13 Fri
7:00pm
Free
chamber-music, contemporary
uclaFLUX Winter Concert
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the second uclaFLUX concert of the 2024-2025 academic year. uclaFLUX is devoted to the performance of chamber music from the 20th
Lani Hall Learn More
Inna Faliks Premieres Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer
On November 15, 2025, Casa da Música in Porto hosted the world premiere of Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer and Orchestra, a groundbreaking work that bridges electronic and classical traditions. The
The Keys of Ol' Blue Eyes
Frank Sinatra’s Daughter gifts her dad’s Bösendorfer to The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. (From the UCLA Magazine)
67th GRAMMY Award Winners
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to share that faculty and alumni were well represented at the 67th GRAMMY Awards. In all, thirteen faculty and six alums

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