HOLLYWOOD PIANO TRIO

ROBERTO CANI VIOLIN ROBERT deMAINE INNA FALIKS PIANO

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NEXT WEEK Join us for our first program of the new year, Sunday, January 5, when the Thies-Miciarelli- Byers Trio performs Dvorak's Dumky Trio and the Trio No. 3, Opus 101, by Brahms.

Hollywood Piano Trio Roberto Cani, violin Robert deMaine, cello Inna Faliks, piano

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Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Opus 32 Allegro moderato Scherzo Elegia Finale

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Trio in B-flat major, Opus 97, “Archduke” Allegro moderato Scherzo: Allegro Andante cantabile ma pero con moto; Poco più adagio Allegro moderato; Presto ABOUT THE ARTISTS A native of , violinist ROBERTO CANI studied at the Milan Conservatory of Music, the Gnessin Institute of Music in and the University of Southern California. He has been guest concertmaster for the London Philharmonic and the La Scala Philharmonic. He has performed as a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic, the Orchestra of La Scala in Milan, RAI Symphony (), Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, Orchestra Cantelli, Orchestra, Zagreb Orchestra, and Missouri Chamber Orchestra. Appointed Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra in 2011, Cani works closely with such artists as Plácido Domingo, James Conlon, and , among others. Actively involved in chamber music, he has had the pleasure of touring with conductor and pianist Justus Frantz. He has also performed alongside , Jeffrey Swann, and Jason Vieaux.

ROBERT deMAINE is an American virtuoso cellist who has been hailed by The New York Times as “an artist who makes one hang on every note.” He has distinguished himself as one of the finest and most versatile instrumentalists of his generation, performing to critical acclaim as soloist, recitalist, orchestra principal, recording artist, chamber musician, and composer / arranger. In 2010, deMaine was a founding member of the highly acclaimed Ehnes String Quartet and completed several world tours and recordings with the ensemble. In 2012 he was invited to join the as Principal Cello. He collaborates often in a piano trio with violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Natalie Zhu. As soloist, he has collaborated with many distinguished conductors, including Neeme Järvi, , , and , and has performed nearly all the major cello concertos with the Symphony Orchestra, where he served as Principal.

Described as “adventurous and passionate” (The New Yorker) and “a concert pianist of the highest order” (Chicago WTTW), Ukrainian-born pianist and Sundays Live veteran INNA FALIKS has established herself as one of the most exciting, committed, communicative, and poetic artists of her generation. Faliks is Professor of Piano at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, where she also is Head of Piano. 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. Her previous, critically acclaimed CD on MSR Classics, Sound of Verse, was released in 2009, featuring music of Boris Pasternak, Rachmaninoff, and Ravel. Her discography also includes a recital recording for the Yamaha Disklavier library. Recording projects in the works include a Chopin solo and cello sonatas recording with cellist Wendy Warner, and a disc of commissioned piano works for her poetry-music series, Music/Words, with music of Clarice Assad, Ljova Zhurbin, and other young composers, and Re-Imagining Ravel – responses to Gaspard de la Nuit.

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