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Heaven, Hell, and Hollywood: Life and Music in Exile Friday, February 14, 2020 11:00 am - 12:30 pm In the period before, during, and after World War II, Los Angeles was home to as large an assemblage of musical talent than existed in any other major city. Arnold Schoenberg, Erich Korngold, Kurt Weill, Bruno Walter, Hanns Eisler, Ernst Toch, Igor Stravinsky, Franz Waxman, Otto Klemperer, and countless other composers, instrumentalists, and vocalists all sought a haven as they fled the ravages of war, tyranny, persecution, and at least probable death. Some prospered in their new lives in the “paradise” of southern California, others found frustration, and some simply failed in their inability to adapt to The New World. Their music-making often reflected their plights and new surroundings, either in triumph, MICHAEL BORISKIN disappointment, or something in between. Join the renowned Hailed by The New York Times as “our fearless tour guide, who offers an pianist and lecturer Michael Boriskin on a revelatory journey adventure for the audience,” internationally-acclaimed pianist Michael Boriskin has taken listeners in over 30 countries on provocative journeys back to a singularly heady yet fraught time and place, across four centuries of music. From Berlin to Buenos Aires and Toronto populated by one of the most extraordinary, colorful, and to Tokyo, he appears at major concert halls and festivals, including accomplished of all émigré communities. Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Tanglewood, Ravinia Festival, BBC, South West German Radio, and Library of Congress. He has performed as soloist with leading orchestras and as guest artist with The Listening Eye: The Intersection of Art countless chamber ensembles, and records extensively for important and Music American and European labels. He is a much-sought-after lecturer in Friday, April 17, 2020 three languages on both sides of the Atlantic, and is a familiar presence on National Public Radio as a commentator, host, and performer. He 11 am – 12:30 pm has also served as Music Director of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s fabled White Generations of composers and visual artists have often Oak Dance Project, and been a program advisor for the New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, the U.S. Department of State, and many occupied the same artistic and intellectual space, and even other leading organizations. He is the longtime Artistic and Executive shared similar language in describing their work. Line, color, Director of Copland House, the award-winning creative center for modality, rhythm, motifs, perspective, and imagery ... their American music based at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark expressive and creative goals have often been related, even if home in northern Westchester. the means and methods (time versus space, sound instead of sight, etc.) were not. Impressionism, abstract expressionism, General Admission: $30/lecture minimalism, modernism, and so many other –isms and HBMS Students and Parents: Free of charge movements have expressed themselves in both the visual RSVP to: [email protected] or 914-723-1169 arts and music – often during the same eras. The painters Space is limited - reserve early! Delacroix, Monet, Seurat, Klee, Kandinsky, Picasso, Mondrian and so many others found their musical analogues in a whole host of composers, including Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel, Schoenberg, and Webern, to name only a few. Noted pianist and lecturer Michael Boriskin will explore the interaction between tone and visual texture, sound and sight, as he gives new meaning to the notion of the “audio tour.” 25 School Lane, Scarsdale • www.hbms.org

Programs are made possible, in part, by ArtsWestchester with support from Westchester County Government, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.