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SUMMARY:Human/Being\, 1400-1800\, Conference 1: Human/Plant
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Javier Patiño Loira (University of California\, Los Angeles) and David P. Bardeen (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) \nThis conference is part of the 2026-27 Core Program\, a year-long series of three conferences – Human/Plant\, Human/Animal\, and Human/Machine – that invite participants from across the humanistic disciplines (including history\, art history\, history of science\, literature\, philosophy\, religious history\, and ecocriticism) to explore how early moderns (1400-1800) sought to define and understand themselves through their relationships with non-human life forms\, entities and systems. The rise of generative models and autonomous systems has provoked intense anxieties about human exceptionalism\, posing the deceptively simple question: What does it mean to be human? But “the human” has never been a stable category\, particularly during the early modern period\, when artists\, writers and thinkers grappled with the slippery boundaries between human and non-human agencies. \nThe first conference\, Human/Plant\, considers the human relationship to the vegetal world. During the early modern period\, trees and plants served as metaphors and models for thinking through human affairs\, while philosophers and theologians debated the nature of the vegetative soul and the limits of plant sentience and responsiveness to the surrounding world. Furthermore\, new technologies (the microscope)\, practices (grafting)\, disciplines (comparative anatomy)\, modes of representation (botanical drawings) and ideas (the mechanization of plant life) yielded transformative insights and new questions about plant behavior and life cycles and how they should be understood. Contributors will consider how the shifting perceptions of vegetal life challenged established hierarchies\, redefined the boundaries between species—including what is intrinsically human and what is not—and informed new understandings of ecological connectedness. For purposes of the session\, vegetal life is defined broadly to include agencies that have not always fit neatly within the plant/animal divide\, including fungi\, lichens and mosses\, corals\, parasites and plant-like growths\, and mineral-vegetal hybrids. \n\nSpeakers \nFabrizio Baldassarri\, University of Roma Tre\nNatasha Heller\, University of Virginia\nJoela Jacobs\, University of Arizona\nNicole LaBouff\, Los Angeles County Museum of Art\nRong Lin\, University of Illinois\, Chicago\nAnthony J. Meyer\, NYU Institute of Fine Arts\nAnca-Delia Moldovan\, University of Warwick\nFabien Montcher\, Saint Louis University\nElizabeth Petcu\, University of Edinburgh \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in-person at the Clark Library. Seating is limited. Walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. The registration form will be posted here approximately one month in advance of the program. \n\nImage credit: Tacuinum sanitatis\, Österreiche Nationalbibliothek\, call number Cod. Ser. n. 2644\, (fol. 40r).
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LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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SUMMARY:William Andrews Clark Jr.\, California Fine Press\, Independent Publishing\, and Literary Activity in Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Johanna Drucker\, Distinguished Professor and Breslauer Professor Emerita\, Department of Information Studies (University of California\, Los Angeles) \nThe connection between William Andrews Clark Jr. and the fine press community that emerged in Southern California in the 1930s is evident in the extensive collections assembled in his lifetime and after. This conference reflects on the role of Clark and his Library in the broader range of literary and publishing activity in the decades after its founding. \nFrom his initial interests in antiquarian books\, Clark extended his engagement to direct patronage of John Henry Nash\, a San Francisco printer known for his exquisite book design and exclusive clientele. But the emergence of fine printing in Los Angeles was in part the result of the activities of Ward Ritchie working in the orbit of Jake Zeitlin whose bookstore served as a major node of social and professional connections in the community. Most of this activity flourished after Clark’s death in 1934\, however\, and was not part of the original core focus. The Ritchie papers are one of several key collections at the Clark Library that provide insight into the development of fine printing and its relation to literary and artistic activity in the 1930s. The region did not support the same level of printing—or literary culture—as the Bay Area\, and in some ways remained a provincial outpost until well after World War II and mid-century. Few literary figures of note can be identified from the early twentieth century and fine press productions were mainly derivative in style\, based on other modern and humanist revival approaches. Writers of note and significant literary merit were part of the Hollywood industry\, but their work was in a separate sphere and played a small part in small press and independent publishing activities. \nIn the later twentieth century and into the present\, literary activity in the Los Angeles region continued to diversify and expand. California fine press production\, in the manner established in Clark’s original collection through the work and vision of Lawrence Clark Powell during his term as Librarian\, has continued\, but its role and profile have shifted from the identity it had in the 1930s when it served as part of the aspirational vision of affluent collectors eager to demonstrate standards of taste. The founding of the Rounce and Coffin Club by Ritchie and others\, alongside the more establishment-oriented Zamorano Club\, supported private collectors building a community of like-minded individuals. Meanwhile\, independent publishing and small press activity in support of poetry\, activism\, community voices\, and experimental literature has created other networks of literary activity. \nAt this point in the twenty-first century\, revisiting the connection between Clark and the fine press community provides insight into one aspect of the cultural and social life of Los Angeles by addressing the aesthetic profile of the individuals and presses and situating it within a broader context. Much can be learned from the study of these materials\, their research value has been under-explored—as per my experience of studying and teaching the Paul Landacre archives and the California Fine Press collections. \nWhile there are exceptional\, unusual items among the fine press works\, the larger context of their circulation and reception provides critical insight beyond the aesthetics of the book. This conference seeks to situate the profile of the Clark Library collections within the history of Los Angeles’s cultural identity\, including its exclusions\, provincialism\, aspirations\, and transformations. The set of panels on this history and the lineage/legacy of fine printing and/or independent literary publishing in Los Angeles over the last hundred years allows us to reflect on the value of the Clark collections within larger conversations about the history of collecting\, the role of the Library\, and other matters that may have implications for the Library’s mission ahead. \nSpeakers \nJohn Bidwell\, Curator Emeritus\, Morgan Library & Museum\nHelena de Lemos\, Curator of Special Collections\, Occidental College\nJohn Howell\, Owner\, John Howell for Books\nDavid Kipen\, University of California\, Los Angeles\, Los Angeles Times\, 21st-Century Federal Writers’ Project\nWilliam Mohr\, Professor Emeritus\, California State University\, Long Beach\nBonnie Thompson Norman\, Proprietor\, The Windowpane Press\nPatrick Reagh\, Printmaker\, Patrick Reagh Printers\nBrian Kim Stefans\, Professor of English\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nPaul Vangelisti\, Professor Emeritus\, Otis College of Art & Design \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in-person at the Clark Library. Seating is limited. Walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. The registration form will be posted here approximately one month in advance of the program. \n\nImage: Left: Marjorie Butler\, This Great Age of Printing: Some Examples from the Leading Modern Fine Presses and Designers. Los Angeles: Zeitlin Books\, 1930. Middle: Alfred Young Fisher\, Lawrence Clark Powell\, ed. Ghost in the Underblows\, designed by Alvin Lustig. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press\, 1940. Right: Bruce McCallister\, The Zamorano Club. Los Angeles:1929.
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LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Trio con Brio Copenhagen\, Chamber Music at the Clark
DESCRIPTION:All Chamber Music at the Clark tickets will be sold by the UCLA Central Ticket Office. Tickets may be purchased online\, via telephone\, or in person. \nTicket prices: General $60; Senior (age 55+) $50; UCLA student (valid student ID required for each ticket) $15. Tickets are non-refundable. \nTickets for this concert will go on sale Tuesday\, September 8\, 2026 at Noon. \nSeating at the Clark Library is limited\, and tickets are likely to sell out within a few minutes. \nOnline: https://ucla.evenue.net/events/CTO\nTelephone: (310) 825-2101\nIn person: Central Ticket Office windows located on the UCLA campus at 325 Westwood Plaza (ground level\, across from Pauley Pavilion). \nIf any tickets for this concert remain unsold\, they will be available for purchase at the Clark Library on the day of the event. Any available day-of tickets will be sold on a first-come\, first-served basis by a Central Ticket Office representative beginning at 1:00 p.m. Payment will be accepted via credit card only. For inquiries\, please call or email the Central Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101 or cto@tickets.ucla.edu\, Monday–Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. \n\nProgram \nLili Boulanger (1893-1918)\nD’un Matin de printemps \nD’un Soir triste \nMaurice Ravel (1875-1937)\nPiano Trio in A Minor\, M. 67 \nFelix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)\nPiano Trio No. 2 in C Minor\, op. 66 \nTrio con Brio Copenhagen\nSoo-Jin Hong\, violin\nSoo-Kyung Hong\, cello\nJens Elvekjaer\, piano \nRecognized as one of the world’s finest piano ensembles\, Trio con Brio Copenhagen’s multifaceted members are not only performing artists who tour extensively\, but also esteemed recording artists\, artistic directors\, and educators. The Trio appears regularly at the world’s leading venues and concert series\, including Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Wigmore Hall\, Berlin’s Pierre Boulez-Saal\, the Concertgebouw\, and many more. Trio con Brio is a recipient of the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Award\, one of Denmark’s most prestigious prizes. \nTrio con Brio Copenhagen is a fusion of two overlapping “musical pairs”: two sisters\, violinist Soo-Jin Hong and cellist Soo-Kyung Hong\, are from South Korea; pianist Jens Elvekjaer\, Soo-Kyung’s spouse\, is from Denmark. Founded at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in 1999\, the Trio is now based in Copenhagen and is recognized for its exceptional musicianship\, fresh approach to the core repertoire\, adventurous programming\, and a commitment to bringing music to young people through their highly creative concerts. \nThe ensemble’s recordings have received tremendous critical acclaim. The latest album of Shostakovich and Arensky trios (Orchid Classics) was a Gramophone “Editor’s Choice” and also singled out by BBC Music Magazine as a “Chamber Choice” of the month. The disc also just won the German Record Critics’ Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik)\, and was singled out among other winning titles including the Berlin Philharmonic\, Frank Peter Zimmermann\, and Quatuor Ebène. An album featuring the complete Beethoven piano trios (Orchid Classics) garnered broad\, enthusiastic praise from critics and fans alike with the BBC Music Magazine calling it “a triumph.” The Trio has also recorded the work of leading Scandinavian composers\, including Per Nørgård\, Bent Sørensen\, and Sven-David Sandström\, who have written works for the group. \nAs visionary artistic directors who are known for their insatiable curiosity\, inventive programming\, and engaging children’s concerts\, Trio con Brio Copenhagen plays a vital role in the cultural life of Denmark. This season they are collaborating with leading Danish actor Søren Sætter-Lassen on their new musical production of The Little Prince\, set to open at The Royal Danish Theatre. A tour is planned the following year. \nTrio con Brio Copenhagen serves as artistic directors of the annual festival\, Chamber Music at Lundsgaard\, and the Hellerup Chamber Music Society in Copenhagen. \nSoo-Jin plays an Andrea Guarneri violin\, Soo-Kyung plays a Grancino cello\, and Jens is Denmark’s first Steinway Artist. Both string players are endorsed by Jargar Strings and Thomastik-Infeld Vienna. \n\nChamber Music at the Clark is made possible by The Ahmanson Foundation\, under the auspices of Lee Walcott; Henry J. Bruman Endowment for Chamber Music; The Colburn Foundation; Ms. Brenda F. Anderson; Martha Bardach/Bardach Robson Family Charitable Foundation; Catherine Glynn Benkaim\, Ph.D. and Ms. Barbara Timmer; Rogers Brubaker\, Ph.D; Johanna R. Drucker\, Ph.D.; The Mari and Ed Edelman Charitable Fund for Music and Public Service; Dr. Daniel J. Fink and Dr. Ruth F. Cousineau; Susan S. Harris\, Ph.D. and Mr. Mark J. Harris; Judith L. Hellinger; Dr. David E. Lopez; Dr. Martin H. Mach and Dr. Susan P. Mach; Mr. Bernie Mendes and Ms. Elaine Mendes; Mrs. Janet K. Minami; Mr. Jeffrey L. Nagin and Mrs. Bette I. Nagin; Jeanne Robson\, Ph.D. ; Dr. Thomas Rosenthal and Ms. Susan M. Rosenthal; Dr. Patricia Bates Simun and Mr. Richard V. Simun Memorial Fund; Professor Bronwen Wilson; and Mr. Robert A. Young and Mrs. Roberta J. Husted Young. \nPlease see here for more information about our chamber music programs. \n\nPhoto credit: Courtesy of Trio con Brio Copenhagen.
URL:https://dev.1718.ucla.edu/event/trio-con-brio/
LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Odious! In Woollen!”: Blank Precedents and the London Stationers\, 1690-1830
DESCRIPTION:Twenty-First Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade \nLecture by Dennis Duncan\, Associate Professor\, University College London \nThis paper begins with a collection of four dozen Burying in Woollen affidavits from the village of Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire\, dating from the first decade of the eighteenth century to the last. Each affidavit testifies to a burial in the village\, and an oath taken by a relative of the deceased that the body was wrapped in nothing other than wool. These are roughly-printed\, single-sheet forms\, illustrated with crude woodcuts of skulls and cadavers. They were printed seventy miles away in London. \nWhat can the stationery of a country rector tell us about the practices of the London printers\, how they advertised\, and how the blank precedent – what we might today call a form – offered rich\, ever-changing opportunities to supplement their book work? \nDennis Duncan is a writer and Associate Professor in English at University College London. His books include Book Parts (with Adam Smyth\, Oxford University Press\, 2019)\, and Index\, A History of the (W. W. Norton\, 2022). The latter was a New York Times bestseller and was listed as one of the Books of the Year in the New York Times\, TIME magazine\, the Washington Post\, and the Financial Times. It has been translated into nine languages. He writes regularly for the New York Times\, the London Review of Books\, the Guardian\, and the Times Literary Supplement. His current research concerns ephemera and the history of collecting. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. \n\nThe registration form will post here approximately one month in advance of the program. This event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in-person at the Clark Library. Seating is limited. Walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. The registration form will be posted here approximately one month in advance of the program. \nThe lecture will be livestreamed and the recording will be available to watch on the Center’s YouTube channel for one year following the event. Registration is not required to watch the livestream. \n\nImage: Jacob Giles\, The Modern Justice (London: J. Tonson\, 1720)\, p. 90 [Clark Library Rare Book Stacks; K J15mo 1720].
URL:https://dev.1718.ucla.edu/event/odious-in-woollen/
LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Through the Magic Door”: Stories from the Private Library of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Dr. William Zachs\, Director\, Blackie House Library and Museum \nNearly a decade ago the descendants of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) transferred a substantial part of the author’s private library to Blackie House Library and Museum in Edinburgh\, the city of his birth. Each of the 400 volumes tells a unique story of the writer who not only created the globally admired character Sherlock Holmes but was author of dozens upon dozens of works in fictional and non-fictional genres. The extensive collection divides into three principal sections: \n\n100 books written by Sir Arthur\, a number of them with authorial interventions\, including his own copy of the first Sherlock Holmes story\, A Study in Scarlet (1887);\n100 books presented to him by authors both famous (for example\, J. M. Barrie and Jerome K. Jerome) and forgotten\, though no less fascinating for the insights they can offer.\n200 miscellaneous books that reflect the extensive reading and research of this enduringly popular writer — many of the volumes with significant annotations by Sir Arthur.\n\nIn this talk\, Dr. William Zachs\, the Director of the Blackie House Library and Museum\, tells tales teased out from the pages of the collection that reveal the close connections between the books Conan Doyle owned and read and those he wrote and revised. Using his own critical powers of observation and deduction\, Zachs uncovers significant biographical revelations that bring us closer to the author and his times. \nA collector and scholar\, William (Bill) Zachs is the author of The First John Murray and the Eighteenth-Century London Book Trade (1998)\, Without Regard to Good Manners: A Biography of Gilbert Stuart\, 1743-1786 (1992) and several scholarly and popular article\, reviews\, and exhibition catalogues. He lectures internationally on such topics as “The History and Art of Letter-Writing Before\, During\, and After the Digital Age\,” “The Thousand-Year History of the Illustrated Book – A Story in Ten Volumes\,” “The Private Library of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\,” “Authenticity and Duplicity: Investigations into Multiple Copies of Books\,” and much more. \nBill is an Honorary Fellow of the universities of Edinburgh and Stirling\, and of the National Library of Scotland\, a fellow of several antiquarian societies\, and among other bookish organizations\, a member of the Roxburghe and Grolier clubs. He holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania\, an MLIS from California State University\, and an MSc. PhD\, and Honorary DLitt from the University of Edinburgh. \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in-person at the Clark Library. Seating is limited. Walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. Registration will close on Thursday\, October 29 at 5:00 p.m. \nThis lecture will also be livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube channel. No registration is needed to watch the livestream. \n\nLoading… \n\nImage: Courtesy of Blackie House Library and Museum.
URL:https://dev.1718.ucla.edu/event/through-the-magic-door/
LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Quatuor Danel\, Chamber Music at the Clark
DESCRIPTION:All Chamber Music at the Clark tickets will be sold by the UCLA Central Ticket Office. Tickets may be purchased online\, via telephone\, or in person. \nTicket prices: General $60; Senior (age 55+) $50; UCLA student (valid student ID required for each ticket) $15. Tickets are non-refundable. \nTickets for this concert will go on sale Tuesday\, September 8\, 2026 at Noon. \nSeating at the Clark Library is limited\, and tickets are likely to sell out within a few minutes. \nOnline: https://ucla.evenue.net/events/CTO\nTelephone: (310) 825-2101\nIn person: Central Ticket Office windows located on the UCLA campus at 325 Westwood Plaza (ground level\, across from Pauley Pavilion). \nIf any tickets for this concert remain unsold\, they will be available for purchase at the Clark Library on the day of the event. Any available day-of tickets will be sold on a first-come\, first-served basis by a Central Ticket Office representative beginning at 1:00 p.m. Payment will be accepted via credit card only. For inquiries\, please call or email the Central Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101 or cto@tickets.ucla.edu\, Monday–Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. \n\nProgram \nSergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)\nString Quartet No. 1 in B Minor\, op. 50 \nMieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)\nString Quartet No. 2\, op. 3 \nDmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)\nString Quartet No. 3 in F Major\, op. 73 \nQuatuor Danel\nMarc Danel\, violin\nGilles Millet\, violin\nVlad Bogdanas\, viola\nYovan Markovitch\, cello \nCelebrated for its bold and vibrant performance style\, the Quatuor Danel has been a prominent force on the international classical music scene for over thirty years. The ensemble is acclaimed for its deeply personal interpretations of string quartet cycles by Haydn\, Beethoven\, Schubert\, Shostakovich\, and Weinberg. Their recordings\, particularly of Shostakovich and Weinberg\, have received international accolades and defined the group’s benchmark achievements. \nThe Quartet’s 2023–24 North American tour included appearances with Aspect Chamber Music Series\, Peoples’ Symphony Concerts\, Music Toronto\, Chamber Music in Oklahoma\, and McGill International String Quartet Academy. They also perform regularly across Europe and Asia\, with recent engagements in France\, Germany\, Portugal\, Taiwan\, and Japan. \nUniquely\, the Quartet has worked closely with Irina Shostakovich and the late Valentin Berlinsky (Borodin Quartet)\, refining their profound approach to Russian repertoire. Their recent Shostakovich quartet cycle\, recorded at Gewandhaus Leipzig and released on Accentus\, has received widespread praise. \nThe Quartet was the first to record the complete quartets of Mieczysław Weinberg and continues to champion his music alongside works by major contemporary composers including Sofia Gubaidulina\, Wolfgang Rihm\, and Jörg Widmann. \nRecent recording projects include Tchaikovsky’s quartets\, Franck’s Piano Quintet with Paavali Jumppanen\, and plans for a full Beethoven cycle set for release in 2027 with Accentus and the Gewandhaus Leipzig. \nA strong advocate for young musicians\, Quatuor Danel has served as artist-in-residence at the University of Manchester since 2005\, where it regularly teaches and mentors emerging string quartets. \n\nChamber Music at the Clark is made possible by The Ahmanson Foundation\, under the auspices of Lee Walcott; Henry J. Bruman Endowment for Chamber Music; The Colburn Foundation; Ms. Brenda F. Anderson; Martha Bardach/Bardach Robson Family Charitable Foundation; Catherine Glynn Benkaim\, Ph.D. and Ms. Barbara Timmer; Rogers Brubaker\, Ph.D; Johanna R. Drucker\, Ph.D.; The Mari and Ed Edelman Charitable Fund for Music and Public Service; Dr. Daniel J. Fink and Dr. Ruth F. Cousineau; Susan S. Harris\, Ph.D. and Mr. Mark J. Harris; Judith L. Hellinger; Dr. David E. Lopez; Dr. Martin H. Mach and Dr. Susan P. Mach; Mr. Bernie Mendes and Ms. Elaine Mendes; Mrs. Janet K. Minami; Mr. Jeffrey L. Nagin and Mrs. Bette I. Nagin; Jeanne Robson\, Ph.D. ; Dr. Thomas Rosenthal and Ms. Susan M. Rosenthal; Dr. Patricia Bates Simun and Mr. Richard V. Simun Memorial Fund; Professor Bronwen Wilson; and Mr. Robert A. Young and Mrs. Roberta J. Husted Young. \nPlease see here for more information about our chamber music programs. \n\nPhoto credit: Courtesy of Quatuor Danel.
URL:https://dev.1718.ucla.edu/event/quatuor-danel/
LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Horszowski Trio\, Chamber Music at the Clark
DESCRIPTION:All Chamber Music at the Clark tickets will be sold by the UCLA Central Ticket Office. Tickets may be purchased online\, via telephone\, or in person. \nTicket prices: General $60; Senior (age 55+) $50; UCLA student (valid student ID required for each ticket) $15. Tickets are non-refundable. \nTickets for this concert will go on sale Tuesday\, September 8\, 2026 at Noon. \nSeating at the Clark Library is limited\, and tickets are likely to sell out within a few minutes. \nOnline: https://ucla.evenue.net/events/CTO\nTelephone: (310) 825-2101\nIn person: Central Ticket Office windows located on the UCLA campus at 325 Westwood Plaza (ground level\, across from Pauley Pavilion). \nIf any tickets for this concert remain unsold\, they will be available for purchase at the Clark Library on the day of the event. Any available day-of tickets will be sold on a first-come\, first-served basis by a Central Ticket Office representative beginning at 1:00 p.m. Payment will be accepted via credit card only. For inquiries\, please call or email the Central Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101 or cto@tickets.ucla.edu\, Monday–Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. \n\nProgram \nJohannes Brahms (1833-1897)\nPiano Trio No. 2 in C Major\, op. 87 \nArnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)\nSechs kleine Klavierstücke\, op.19. Arranged for piano trio by Rieko Aizawa \nFranz Schubert (1797-1828)\nPiano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major\, D. 929 \nHorszowski Trio\nJesse Mills\, violin\nOle Akahoshi\, cello\nRieko Aizawa\, piano \nGiving performances that are “lithe\, persuasive” (The New York Times)\, “eloquent and enthralling” (The Boston Globe)\, and described as “the most compelling American group to come on the scene” (The New Yorker)\, the Horszowski Trio has quickly become a vital force in the international chamber music world. Since their debut performance in New York City in 2011\, they have toured extensively throughout North America\, Europe\, the Far East\, and India\, traversing the extensive oeuvre of traditional piano trio repertoire and introducing audiences to new music that they have commissioned and premiered. \nThey have performed at the 92nd Street Y in New York City; the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia; Schubert Club in Saint Paul\, Minnesota; Spivey Hall in Atlanta; Bowdoin Music Festival in Maine; UCLA in Los Angeles; venues in Boston\, San Francisco\, and Canada; London’s Wigmore Hall; at Dresden’s Moritzburg Festival and throughout Germany; and on several tours in Japan. Their recording of the complete piano trios by Robert Schumann on AVIE Records has received tremendous acclaim: “great care and affection” (BBC Radio); “intoxicating” (Gramophone); “exciting and deeply felt” (Strings); “fresh\, supple and fantastic” (The Strad). \nThe Trio takes its inspiration from the musicianship\, integrity\, and humanity of the pre-eminent pianist Mieczysław Horszowski (1892–1993); the ensemble’s pianist\, Rieko Aizawa\, was Horszowski’s last pupil at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Described as “power players” by the Los Angeles Times\, the Horszowski Trio’s repertoire includes works by many of the composers with whom Maestro Horszowski had personal interaction\, including Gabriel Fauré\, Enrique Granados\, Bohuslav Martinů\, Maurice Ravel\, Camille Saint-Saëns\, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. The Horszowski Trio’s debut recording — an album of works by Gabriel Fauré\, Camille Saint-Saëns\, and Vincent d’Indy on the Bridge label —was released in 2014 and dedicated to the memory of Mieczysław Horszowski. Gramophone praised the “exemplary performance” of the “highly accomplished group\,” concluding\, “I long to hear more of the Horszowski Trio.” \nThe ensemble has performed the complete cycles of piano trios by Ludwig van Beethoven\, Robert Schumann\, and Johannes Brahms. They also actively cultivate hidden treasures from the repertoire\, works by Arno Babajanyan\, Leonard Bernstein\, Vincent d’Indy\, Arthur Foote\, Germaine Tailleferre\, and Morton Feldman. The Horszowski Trio is a passionate advocate for the music of our time. The Trio has premiered\, commissioned\, championed\, and recorded works of a wide range of composers including Derek Bermel\, Kenji Bunch\, Paul Chihara\, Morton Feldman\, David Fulmer\, Daron Hagen\, John Harbison\, Louis Karchin\, Eric Moe\, Andreia Pinto-Correia\, Joan Tower\, and Charles Wuorinen. They premiered Wuorinen’s Piano Trio No. 2\, written for them\, at the Library of Congress in April 2025. The Trio’s violinist Jesse Mills\, a two-time Grammy nominee who is also a composer and arranger\, wrote Painted Shadow for the ensemble; the work was commissioned by and premiered at Bargemusic in Brooklyn\, New York in January 2015. \nThe Horszowski Trio enjoys opportunities to expand its chamber music horizons through collaborations\, having worked with such musicians as Aaron Boyd (from the Escher Quartet)\, Kikuei Ikeda (Tokyo Quartet)\, Masumi Per Rostad (Pacifica Quartet)\, Phillip Ying (Ying Quartet)\, and Roberto Diaz. \nThe Horszowski Trio is based in New York City. It is the Ensemble-in-Residence at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, and of the Leschetizky Association in New York City. \n\nChamber Music at the Clark is made possible by The Ahmanson Foundation\, under the auspices of Lee Walcott; Henry J. Bruman Endowment for Chamber Music; The Colburn Foundation; Ms. Brenda F. Anderson; Martha Bardach/Bardach Robson Family Charitable Foundation; Catherine Glynn Benkaim\, Ph.D. and Ms. Barbara Timmer; Rogers Brubaker\, Ph.D; Johanna R. Drucker\, Ph.D.; The Mari and Ed Edelman Charitable Fund for Music and Public Service; Dr. Daniel J. Fink and Dr. Ruth F. Cousineau; Susan S. Harris\, Ph.D. and Mr. Mark J. Harris; Judith L. Hellinger; Dr. David E. Lopez; Dr. Martin H. Mach and Dr. Susan P. Mach; Mr. Bernie Mendes and Ms. Elaine Mendes; Mrs. Janet K. Minami; Mr. Jeffrey L. Nagin and Mrs. Bette I. Nagin; Jeanne Robson\, Ph.D. ; Dr. Thomas Rosenthal and Ms. Susan M. Rosenthal; Dr. Patricia Bates Simun and Mr. Richard V. Simun Memorial Fund; Professor Bronwen Wilson; and Mr. Robert A. Young and Mrs. Roberta J. Husted Young. \nPlease see here for more information about our chamber music programs. \n\nPhoto credit: Courtesy of the Horszowski Trio.
URL:https://dev.1718.ucla.edu/event/horszowski-2026/
LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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SUMMARY:40th Anniversary Celebration of the Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies\, the nation’s first research center for early modern studies. Founded in 1985\, the Center provides a forum for the discussion of central issues in the field of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies\, and organizes a wide range of academic and cultural programs. Additionally\, the Center administers the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, located on a historic property in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles\, which serves as the research laboratory for a distinguished array of fellows working either in early modern studies or the fin-de-siècle world of Oscar Wilde. \nThe program features a talk presented by UCLA Professor of English Helen Deutsch\, who served as the Center & Clark’s Director for a four year-term from 2017 to 2020. Following the talk\, guests are invited to mingle with friends and colleagues in Royce 306\, where they can add a message to the 40th anniversary Padlet\, view a display of Center & Clark ephemera and a slideshow\, and enjoy a reception on the terrace. \nAt a moment when higher education is under siege\, the study of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries might seem a luxury at best\, irrelevant at worst. Professor Deutsch’s talk\, a review and celebration of the Center and its history\, refutes such assumptions. She will argue that the work of the Center and its partner the Clark—research\, musical and theatrical performance\, conferences\, collaborations in many forms—is not a retreat to the past but rather an ongoing engagement with our present. Critical University Studies scholar Christopher Newfield has recently described universities as “places of unique challenge\, novelty\, and happiness\, of intellectual revolutions and personal transformations.”  The Center is just such a place\, and our imaginative and intellectual investments in the past illuminate the ways in which such revolutions are both rooted in history and ongoing collective projects of the utmost relevance. \nProfessor Deutsch joined UCLA’s English department in 1995 and was first affiliated with the Center & Clark as an Ahmanson-Getty postdoctoral fellow in 1992–93. In addition to serving as Director\, she has assisted the Center & Clark in many capacities over the years\, including as Clark Professor in 2005–06\, and as a member and chair of the Faculty Advisory Committee. \nHer research is fueled by the love of literature and the love of authors. She practices a unique kind of feminist historical formalism that reads texts in relationship to the embodied lives of the writers who produced them. Her first two books consider the singular bodies of Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson in symbiotic relationship to each author’s uniquely imitative literary style and contested critical reception. \nHer most recent book\, The Last Amateur\, goes beyond the single-author framework to consider what it means to learn to love one author through another\, and to be transformed in the process. Deutsch scrutinizes Edward Said’s career-long conversation with Jonathan Swift\, which began with an unfinished book (a part of which was presented at the Clark)\, in order to raise questions of her own about the path of literary studies. At a time when many in the field have lost faith in critique\, she shows how passion and refusal of professional propriety—the hallmarks of the amateur—can enliven critique again. \nIn addition to serving as departmental Vice Chair for Graduate Studies\, she successfully spearheaded the founding of UCLA’s interdisciplinary Disability Studies Minor\, which she chaired from 2006 to 2011. She has been a member at large of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies\, chair of the Division for Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature of the Modern Language Association\, an advisory editor for PMLA\, the association’s journal\, and a member of its Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession. \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in-person on the UCLA campus in Royce Hall 314 and 306. Seating is limited; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. Registration will close on Thursday\, October 1\, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. \n\nLoading… \n\nPhoto credit: Reed Hutchinson
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SUMMARY:Private Passions\, Public Legacies: William Andrews Clark Jr. and the Making of Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special event commemorating the Clark Library’s centennial and exploring the remarkable life of its founder\, William Andrews Clark Jr. \nThe event begins with the opening of the exhibition Private Passions\, Public Legacies: William Andrews Clark Jr. and the Making of Los Angeles\, curated by the staff of the Clark Library\, to be followed by a talk by Liz Brown\, author of Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire (Penguin\, 2021)\, who will discuss the history of the library’s founder. The afternoon concludes with an outdoor reception as the library remains open for exhibition viewing. \n\n3:30 PM – Doors open\n3:45-4:15 PM – Welcome remarks and overview of exhibition by Head Librarian Derek Christian Quezada Meneses\n4:15-5:15 PM – Presentation on William Andrews Clark Jr. by Liz Brown and Q & A\n5:15–6:30 PM – Reception in Outdoor Reading Room\, exhibition viewing\n\nWelcome remarks\, the exhibition overview\, and Liz Brown’s presentation will be livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube channel and available to watch after the event for a limited time. \nPrivate Passions\, Public Legacies: William Andrews Clark Jr. and the Making of Los Angeles \nKicking off the centennial celebration of UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, this exhibition explores the remarkable role of its founder\, William Andrews Clark Jr.\, in shaping the cultural landscape of Los Angeles. \nDrawing principally upon the collections of the Clark Library\, Private Passions\, Public Legacies places Clark within the extraordinary network of artists\, printers\, musicians\, architects\, collectors\, society figures\, civic leaders\, wives\, lovers\, and friends who surrounded him. Together\, these relationships reveal a city whose cultural identity did not emerge through growth and circumstance alone\, but was deliberately constructed through philanthropy\, patronage\, collecting\, scholarship\, and institution building. \nThe exhibition follows Clark from his private world of books\, music\, clubs\, gardens\, and collecting into the public institutions and cultural networks that grew from those interests. It considers his role in the founding of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the development of the city’s musical life; Los Angeles’s distinctive traditions of fine printing and the book arts; the social and cultural networks that connected collectors and philanthropists across the city; Clark’s interests in astronomy and scientific inquiry; and the architecture and landscape of the estate he created around his library. \nA century after the Clark Library was completed\, the exhibition asks how private passions become public legacies—and how one comparatively little-known figure helped shape the cultural ambitions of modern Los Angeles. The exhibition will be on view through February 10\, 2027. \nThe Clark is delighted and honored to welcome Liz Brown\, author of Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire (Penguin\, 2021)\, to present a talk as part of the exhibition opening that highlights William Andrews Clark Jr.’s role as a major—but often overlooked—figure in L.A.’s cultural development\, and the ways his story continues today. Doheny\, Huntington\, Getty—these names are well known in the landscape and the lore of Los Angeles. But what about William Andrews Clark Jr.? His legacy continues with the Clark Library\, of course\, but also the LA Philharmonic\, Hollywood Bowl\, Pershing Square\, and Hollywood Forever Cemetery. And yet\, few know his name or his connection to these landmarks. Clark remains a shadowy figure—as he was in his own era. A child of the Gilded Age\, heir to a copper dynasty\, Clark was an aspiring violinist\, ardent bibliophile\, and powerful philanthropist with a secret gay life. The story of Will Clark is also a story about LA\, from its expansive boom in the 1920s to the bust and constriction of the 1930s. Clark’s later years resembled something of a real-life noir\, the kind of plot that his fellow bibliophile and clubman Raymond Chandler might have written. Join us for this fascinating lecture about forgotten LA history\, hidden gay lives\, the legacy of an American dynasty\, and the limits of self-invention—even in LA. \n \nLiz Brown is the author of Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire. Her writing has appeared in Bookforum\, London Review of Books\, Los Angeles Times\, New York Times Book Review\, Slate\, T Magazine\, and elsewhere. www.lizbrown.la \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in-person at the Clark Library. Seating is limited at the Clark Library; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. Registration is not required to watch the livestreamed portion of the event. \nThis event has reached capacity. To be added to the wait list\, please complete and submit the form below. \n\nLoading… \n\nImage caption: Clark (William Andrews\, Jr.) and William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Records\, 1878-2022 (Clarkive. Pre-1934). The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, University of California\, Los Angeles. \nPhoto courtesy of Liz Brown.
URL:https://dev.1718.ucla.edu/event/public-legacies/
LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library & via Livestream\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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