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Inna Faliks, a concert pianist and UCLA professor of piano, will perform the protest composition &quot;The People United Will Never Be Defeated!&quot; at the Jacaranda Concert Series on Saturday. Frederic Rzewski composed the piece in the 1970s during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. (Photo by Mackenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin, Photo Illustration by Ludi Zhu)

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Q&#038;A: Piano professor shares how Soviet Union background influences her music

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Inna Faliks’ Soviet Union household only had three rooms for seven people and no telephone – but it did have music. Growing up, Faliks’ parents encouraged a creative childhood that included reading books and cultivating interest in music.

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Q&A: Piano professor shares how Soviet Union background influences her music

By Susana Alcantar

Jan. 18, 2018 10:37 p.m.