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
Associate Professor - Piano Performance
James Lent
Continuing Lecturer - Collaborative Piano
Sep 24 Thu
7:00pm
Free
chamber-music, classical
Mike Lee in Recital
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7:00pm
Free
classical
David L. Abell Piano Master Series – Elizabeth Schumann
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome pianist Elizabeth Schumann for the Fall installment of our 2026/27 David L. Abell Piano Master Series, a concert series
Lani Hall Learn More
Oct 29 Thu
8:00pm
Free
classical
UCLA Philharmonia: The "Don Quixote" Experience
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Mike Lee Brings Global Performance Career and Innovative Scholarship to Faculty
Mike Lee, an accomplished fortepianist with an international performance career, has joined The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He holds advanced degrees from Yale and Cornell and was most
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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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