Free! Music/Words LA: Curated by Inna Faliks

Date: Friday, November 20 • 7 PM - 9 PM Possible dinner before, TBD Venue: The Wende Museum's Community Center 10858 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90230 Free, but you must RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/musicwords-la-curated-by-inna-faliks-tickets-2003085787512 Overview Inna Faliks, cellist Ani Aznavoorian, and composer and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev open the season with music, electronics, and poetry. *Music/Words LA* returns to the Wende for a second season of live music and poetry. Pianist Inna Faliks opens the season with *Breaking Screens*, joined by cellist Ani Aznavoorian and London-based composer, performer, and DJ Gabriel Prokofiev. Piano and cello meet Prokofiev's electronic soundscapes in music by Prokofiev, Lera Auerbach, and Claude Debussy, alongside poetry from the community. Founded by Faliks in New York, *Music/Words* is a platform for artists working where music and text meet. This Los Angeles residency at the Wende builds each program around close listening and live collaboration. Inna Faliks is Head of Piano and Professor of Piano at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and author of *Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage*.