THE UWFA welcomes UWFA and UWRA members, guests and friends!
March Lunch Lecture at Piatti in University Village
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
11:30 Lunch, followed with a lecture by Kunal Taravade
Dvorak and the New World Symphony
Kuna Taravdel is an engineer and has over 30 US patents. He has given invited talks on classical music and history at Rotary Clubs, Toastmasters’ Clubs, Kiwanis International, The Rainier Club, and other institutions in the Pacific Northwest and Canada.
Dvorak’s New World Symphony, written during the composer’s short tenure in the United States in 1892-1893, is a unique and inspired blend of homegrown American musical influences – Native American and African American – and Dvorak’s own sensibilities recalling his native Bohemia. Brimming with tuneful melodies, bursting with passion, and bubbling with emotion, this paradigmatic Romantic symphony, ranked among the greatest of the genre, captures the vibrant spirit of a new nation about to make its mark on the world.