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Critically-acclaimed pianist and Professor of Piano Performance, Inna Faliks, was featured in Ampersand to discuss her recent livestream concert series that occurs every Friday.
“Any music at a time like this– it’s a light,” Faliks said. “It’s something that makes one forget about being plugged into the news, about being in this constant whirlwind of panic.”
The 30-minute program is livestreamed through her social channels, covering works that are old and new, her repertoire, and pairs the pieces with short poems.
Faliks’s upcoming live performance is this Friday, July 17 at 9:30 a.m. on her page Pianist Inna Faliks.
#ThisisUCLAMusic
“The fight for justice doesn’t end.” Pianist Conrad Tao talks art and freedom with USC student Polina Cherezova, part of our partnership with USC Thornton School of Music , USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and Ampersand.
A lovely new feature in Ampersand, written by Polina Cherezova.
‘You get the sense Tao is always in a state of deep contemplation. His calm tone is genuine and sensitive, but tinted with a kindling fire.
[...] Tao’s goal is to rid classical music of its default settings, urging listeners to come to concerts hungry for the unfamiliar. Music is evidence of human desire, he said, and people will always have an impulse for narrative and for finding meaning.
“It’s a human pursuit,” Tao said. “I guess I have this deep faith that the need for music will never go away.”’
Taking photos and writing about your favorite dish doesn't need to stop at an Instagram post. Graduate students in the master's of specialized journalism (the arts) program, as part of a course in food writing last semester, met professional food journalists and toured our city, creating multimedia projects around urbanization, culture and health.
This is a short highlight of what they did! View some of their final pieces at
http://www.ampersandla.com. Los Angeles Times Ampersand
Congratulations to all of the outstanding USC Annenberg students, alumni, faculty, staff and fellows honored with Los Angeles Press Club Southern California Journalism Awards! 👏 JOVRNALISM, Ampersand and USC Annenberg Media #ascj
