About this Event
The Lowell Milken Center I Music for American Jewish Experience celebrates the 95th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer and pianist Yehudi Wyner with a concert of his chamber music.
Awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for his Piano Concerto, “Chiavi in mano,” YEHUDI WYNER is one of America’s most distinguished musicians. His large body of work, including both “cosmopolitan” and Jewish-inflected music, encompasses all musical genres, over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo voice, solo instruments, piano, chorus, and music for the theater, as well as liturgical services for worship. His recording The Mirror on Naxos won a 2005 Grammy, his Piano Concerto, “Chiavi in Mano,” on Bridge Records was nominated for a 2009 Grammy, and his Horn Trio (1997) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Yehudi Wyner has also had an active career as a solo pianist, chamber musician collaborating with notable vocal and instrumental colleagues, teacher, director of two opera companies, and conductor of numerous chamber and vocal ensembles in a wide range of repertory. Keyboard artist of the Bach Aria Group since 1968, he has played and conducted many of the Bach cantatas, concertos, and motets.
“Yehudi Wyner finds an affirmative view of the world through a critical acceptance of life’s realities, and this becomes an entirely genuine and edifying part of his music. He writes music because he has something inside him to communicate.” New York Arts
This event is free and open to the public. Registrants will be given priority seating up to 15 minutes prior to the performance but this does not guarantee a seat.
Parking available in Parking Structure 2 (Westholme, from Hilgard) Use the visitor entrances and have your license plate number with you for the kiosk. Ticket does not have to be placed on the windshield.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Lani Hall at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, 445 Charles E Young Drive East, Los Angeles, United States
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