Music Institute Spotlights Distinguished Alumna Inna Faliks

For its fourth annual
Distinguished Alumni Concert, the Music
Institute of Chicago presents pianist Inna Faliks Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. at
Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

After studying at the Music
Institute with Emilio del Rosario, Inna worked with such towering figures as
Leon Fleisher, Ann Schein, and Gilbert Kalish, eventually earning a doctor of
musical arts degree from Stony Brook University in New York. She has performed
in some of the world’s most distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall’s
Weill Concert Hall, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paris’ Salle Cortot,
Chicago’s Symphony Center, and many more. Critics have described her as “a soloist
in total command of her instrument” and “a concert pianist of the highest
order.” This year, Inna joined the prestigious faculty of UCLA as a tenured
associate professor of piano. 

Music Institute of Chicago
The Music
Institute of Chicago believes that music has the power to sustain

and nourish the human spirit; therefore, its mission is to provide the

foundation for lifelong engagement with music. Founded in 1931, the Music

Institute has grown to become one of the three largest and most respected

community music schools in the nation. Offering musical excellence built on the

strength of its distinguished faculty, commitment to quality, and breadth of

programs and services, the Music Institute is a member of the National Guild of

Community Schools of the Arts and accredited by the Accrediting Commission for

Community and Pre-collegiate Arts Schools (ACCPAS). Each year, the Music

Institute’s teachers and arts therapists reach thousands of students and clients

of all ages and levels of experience. The Music Institute opened a new location

this fall at Fourth Presbyterian Church’s Gratz Center in downtown Chicago.

Other Music Institute locations include Evanston, Winnetka, Lincolnshire, Lake

Forest, and Downers Grove. In addition, the Music Institute is proud of its

longstanding partnership with the Chicago Public Schools through its Arts Link

program. The Music Institute offers lessons and classes, creative arts therapy,

and concerts through its Community School, Academy, Institute for Therapy

through the Arts (ITA), and Nichols Concert Hall.

Pianist
Inna Faliks performs for the Music Institute of Chicago’s annual Distinguished
Alumni Concert Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago
Avenue, Evanston. Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for seniors, and $10 for
students, available at brownpapertickets.com/event/456089
or 847.905.1500 ext. 108. For more information visit musicinst.org.

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