Upcoming events

Please join the Milken Center for a gala 90th birthday celebration featuring the music of Steve Reich, one of the leading composers of our time, and a paradigmatic musician of American Jewish experience.

A panel of multidisciplinary experts will examine the programmatic dimensions of selected works by Steve Reich, with particular attention to his compositions engaging with Jewish themes and cultural history. The discussion will provide a critical and contextual framework for the concert that follows.

Out of the Depths: the first collection of Holocaust songs tells the story of a small songbook, produced in Bucharest in 1945. It contains the first collection of songs from survivors of camps and ghettos, those hiding in forests, or those on false papers who managed to conceal their identity throughout the war.

Winner of the Israeli Academy's Best Documentary Award, Winner of the Israeli Academy's Best Documentary Award, The Komediant focuses on the life and career of Pesach Burstein and his family, famous for Yiddish theater. A discussion with son, actor Mike Burstyn follows the screening.

Joseph Rumshinsky's Di Khaznte returns to the stage for the first time in nearly a century in a historic performance reconstructed from the composer's original orchestrations preserved in UCLA Special Collections.

Internationally acclaimed bassist, composer, and vocalist Avishai Cohen brings his celebrated trio to UCLA's Schoenberg Hall for an evening of virtuosic musicianship, blending jazz with influences from the Middle East, Latin America, and beyond. In addition to the concert, Cohen will lead a masterclass for students in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music's Jazz Studies program, offering an opportunity to learn from one of the most influential voices in contemporary jazz.

Join us as we welcome the harmonious fusion of tradition and innovation of Riki Rose, a visionary artist redefining musical boundaries.