Young Artist Winner of 1999
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Inna
Faliks,
Pianist Young Artist Winner of 1999
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Twenty-year-old Inna Faliks, "a fervent pianist of breathtaking virtuosity and strength who infuses every note with brilliance and personality," (Jane Shaw, the Island Packet of Hilton Head, South Carolina), graduated from the Music Center of the North Shore where she spent seven years under the guidance of the renowned Emilio del Rosario. An honor graduate of Niles North Township High School, she studied piano performance under the direction Dmitry Paperno at DePaul University. In May 1999, she received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Peabody Conservatory, studying with Ann Schein.
At the age of 10, Ms. Faliks came to the USA from Odessa, Ukraine, where she studied piano, form age 5, with her mother, Irene Faliks. At the age of 10 she also gave her first solo recital in Rome, Italy.
Ms. Faliks has been the recipient of many honors including being the recent winner of the Yale Gordon Concerto Competition, winner of the Illinois Young Performers Competition, the National MTNA Yamaha Competition, the Chicago Chopin Competition, and the New York Chopin Connection.
She has also performed numerous recitals and appeared with many orchestra. After becoming the first place winner in the 1998 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, she performed Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini with the Hilton Head Orchestra.
"Inna Faliks is a Rachmaninov player of remarkable ability. Her
performance was distinguished by articulation and clarity ...her lacy filigrees
of sound illuminated the rich mosaic of Romantic orchestration."
Jane Shaw, The Island Packet
of
Hilton Head, South Carolina
Solo
| Bach | WTC volume 1, Prelude and Fugues in G Major, A-flat Major, G Minor, G-sharp Minor, B-flat Minor; WTC volume 2, Prelude and Fugues in C-sharp Major, D minor, F Minor; French Suite #5, in G Major; Toccata in F# Minor |
| Beethoven | Sonata Op. 13 in C Minor, Sonata Op. 2 in F Minor, Sonata Op. 31, #2 in D Minor, Sonata Op. 28 in D Major, Sonata Op. 57 in F Minor "Appasionata," Sonata Op. 111 in C Minor, Bagatells Op. 126, Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme, Sonata Op. 35 in E-flat Major, "Eroica" |
| Barber | Fuga from Sonata Op. 26 |
| Brahms | Sonata #3 in F Minor Op. 5 |
| Chopin | Etudes: Op. 10, nos. 1, 4, 5, 8, & 12; Scherzo #1 in B Minor, Ballade #1 in G Minor, Sonata #2 in B-flat Minor Op. 25, Polonaise-Fantasie Op. 61 in A-flat Major, Nocturne in D-flat Major Op. 27, Nocturne in C Minor Op. 48 #1, Mazurkas Op. 59 |
| Corigliano | Fantasy on a Ostinato |
| Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue |
| Grenados | Laments of the Maiden and Nightingale |
| Liszt | Mephisto-Waltz #1, Transcendental Etude in F Minor #10, Hungarian Rhapsody #12 in C-sharp Minor |
| Mozart | Sonata K330, K248, K243 |
| Paganini-Liszt | Etude in A Minor, La Campanella |
| Ravel | "Gspard de la Nuit" |
| Scarlatti | 3 Sonatas: F Minor L72, C Minor L352, E Major L357 |
| Schubert | Sonata #13 in C minor |
| Schubert-Liszt | Erikonig, Barcarolle, Etudes Tableaux Op. 39 #6 in A Minor & #9 in D Major, Preludes Op. 23, nos. 5, 6, & 10 |
| Schumann | Carnaval Op. 9, Symphonic Etudes Op. 17 |
| Scriabin | Sonata #5, Etudes in C-sharp Minor, and D-sharp Minor |
| Tchaikovsky | The Seasons |
Concerto
| Beethoven | Concerto #3 in C Minor, Concerto #4 in G Major |
| Chopin | Concerto #1 in E Minor |
| Mendelssohn | Concerto in G Minor Op. 25 |
| Mozart | Concerto #23 in A Major K488, Concerto #17 in G Major K453, Concerto #20 in D Minor K466 |
| Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on the Theme of Paginini |
| Tchaikovsky | Concerto #1 in B-flat Minor Op. 23 |