Recitals Australia Presents
Lunch Hour Spring Series
North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall – Tynte Street, North Adelaide
Esmond Choi, piano
John Cage (1912 – 1992)
In a landscape
Philip Glass (1937 – )
Metamorphosis 3
Charles Ives (1874 – 1954)
Piano sonata No.1
iv. Ragtime
Claude Debussy (1862 -1918)
Reverie
Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 – 2023)
Sarabande
Opus
John Cage (1912 – 1992)
Dream
8’ | 6’ | 4’ | 5’ | 4′ | 12′ | 8′ |
ABOUT ESMOND 
Esmond Choi is an Australian pianist/composer currently undertaking post-graduate studies at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, researching on how one can experience and enrich one’s own understanding of Transcendentalism through the works of Ives and Cage. He currently holds eight scholarships, including The Daisy Burmeister Salotti Scholarship for Pianoforte, The Diana Harris Prize for Accompaniment, and The Maude Puddy Scholarship. Esmond has played for Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Nicholas Mathew, Paavali Jumppanen, Neal Peres Da Costa and Stefan Ammer.\Esmond is the current pianist for the Novus ensemble, and he is the current organist for St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church. He has collaborated with numerous ensembles, including the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra. Esmond recently performed under the name of Elder Music Lab and premièred George Crumb’s Metamorphoses, Book I. Esmond also participated in the PianoLab festival and performed George Crumb’s Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik to critical acclaim:
Esmond Choi is an Australian pianist/composer currently undertaking post-graduate studies at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, researching on how one can experience and enrich one’s own understanding of Transcendentalism through the works of Ives and Cage. He currently holds eight scholarships, including The Daisy Burmeister Salotti Scholarship for Pianoforte, The Diana Harris Prize for Accompaniment, and The Maude Puddy Scholarship. Esmond has played for Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Nicholas Mathew, Paavali Jumppanen, Neal Peres Da Costa and Stefan Ammer.\Esmond is the current pianist for the Novus ensemble, and he is the current organist for St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church. He has collaborated with numerous ensembles, including the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra. Esmond recently performed under the name of Elder Music Lab and premièred George Crumb’s Metamorphoses, Book I. Esmond also participated in the PianoLab festival and performed George Crumb’s Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik to critical acclaim:
“…Choi’s captivating performance was a revelation…”
(Limelight Magazine, November 2022).
Join us next week for a recital by: Joshua Rossetto, piano – performing works by Bach, Chopin, Greig and more.
(Limelight Magazine, November 2022).
Join us next week for a recital by: Joshua Rossetto, piano – performing works by Bach, Chopin, Greig and more.