The second installment of Music/Words at the Wende features its curator, celebrated pianist Inna Faliks, in collaboration with legendary violinist Gilles Apap and poet Daniel Tiffany. The program begins with solo piano selections by Shchedrin and Beethoven, followed by solo violin improvisation and Brahms’s lyrical Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, dialoguing with poetry throughout.

Inna Faliks is Head of Piano and Professor of Piano at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and author of the memoir Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage (Bloomsbury/Backbeat).

Gilles Apap is an internationally renowned violinist known for his virtuosity, stylistic range, and improvisational approach.

Daniel Tiffany is a poet and scholar whose work explores the intersections of language, sound, and literary form.

Originally founded by Faliks in New York, Music/Words has become a platform for artists working at the intersection of music and text. This Los Angeles residency at the Wende builds each program around close listening, live exchange, and the shifting balance between composition and language.