ECLECTIC SALON #9
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Music/Words is an interdisciplinary live performance series exploring connections between poetry and music.
Arnold Schoenberg’s Opus 1 and Brahms’ Sonata # 3 op. 5 in f minor will be on the program of ECLECTIC SALON # 9.
Movements of the Sonata will be alternating with readings of Brecht’s poetry, some of which were created during his years in exile in Santa Monica.
Schoenberg and Brecht were frequent guests at Villa Aurora, as were other intellectuels and artists of the time.
Participants
Ukrainian-born Inna Faliks has established herself as one of the most passionately committed, exciting and poetic artists of her generation. After her debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, she has performed on many of the world’s great stages, with numerous orchestras, in solo appearances, and with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin and Keith Lockhart.
She was the winner of many prestigious competitions, including the International Pro Musicis Award 2005. Inna is Associate Professor for piano at UCLA. She is also the founder and curator of Music/Words – www.musicwordsnyc.com
Eric Braeden is a Film, Television, Emmy and People’s Choice Award winner and arguably the most popular actor in a day time series, watched internationally by huge audiences.
Author, actor, director Louis Fantasia is DEAN OF THE FACULTY AND CHAIR OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES AT THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY’S LOS ANGELES CAMPUS and director of "Shakespeare at the Huntington" at the Huntington Library. He has directed more than 150 plays and operas worldwide, including "THE LITTLE THREEPENNY CAFÉ" – SONGS AND POEMS OF BERTOLT BRECHT.