In celebration of the first UCLA American Jewish Music Festival, the Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music commissioned a new work by Ljova to be performed by UCLA's own world-renowned concert pianist, Inna Faliks. In addition to the Ljova piece, Faliks presents an eclectic program that tells a story of many Jewish contributions to piano repertoire, performing works of additional new Jewish composers Peter Golub and Tamir Hendelman (UCLA faculty, jazz piano), with the works of some of America’s most influential Jewish composers, including George Gershwin, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Arnold Schoenberg. This program also features students from UCLA's Piano Studio, Bo Feng, Valerie Stern and Brandon Zhou.
Program:
Bagatelle by Peter Golub
Beethoven Bagatelle opus 126 # 1
Bagatelle by Tamir Hendelman
Beethoven Bagatelle opus 126 # 2
Inna Faliks, Piano
Concerto in F by George Gershwin
First movement
Bo Feng, piano
Brandon Zhou, orchestral piano
2 Klavierstucke from Marchbinder by Erich W Korngold
Valerie Stern, piano
6 Klavierstucke op 19 by Arnold Schoenberg
Brandon Zhou, piano
WORLD PREMIERE
"Voices" - Suite in three movements, for piano (and historical recording) by Lev Zhurbin "Ljova"
- Sirota
- Altered Zhok
- Fraydele
Inna Faliks, piano