Jenny Su (piano) with Kai Gerbi (violin)
Recitals on the Fringe 2025 Season
North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall – Tynte Street, North Adelaide
Run Time: 2.00pm – 3.00pm (estimated 1 hours)
Program subject to change
Program
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
Abegg Variations, Op.1
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Sonata for Piano and Violin in D minor, Op.108
| 8′ | 10 ‘ | 21’ |
ABOUT JENNY
Jenny, an Adelaide local, is a recent graduate of the Elder Conservatorium. She earned a Bachelor of Music (Advanced) with First Class Honours (1) under the mentorship of Lucinda Collins. Throughout her studies, Jenny has been the recipient of several scholarships, including the Maude Harriot and Patrick Cecil Greenland Scholarships for Piano, along with the Daisy Burmeister Salotti and Jack De Vos Scholarships.
Jenny has refined her skills through masterclasses with world-renowned pianists such as Angela Hewitt, Paavali Jumpannen, Stephan Kovacevich, Phillip Moll, and Paloma
Kouider. She has been recognised for her musical excellence with multiple accolades, including winning the Senior division in both attending years 2021 and 2024. She also emerged as the state finalist of the Young Virtuoso Competition in both 2023 and 2024.
Notable performances in Jenny’s career include appearances at the Art of Possible Festival, PianoLab, and collaborations with Stephen King and Helen Ayres for the AGSA Ruby Festival and Lunch Hour Series. She was also selected for the Top-Class Concert of the Lunch Hour Series, where she was awarded the Peter Brooker Prize for Musical Excellence. In 2023, Jenny represented South Australia at the Australian Showcase for the Sydney International Piano Competition.
ABOUT KAI
Kai Gerbi is a current Masters student at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. He commenced Bachelors (Classical Performance – Violin) under Dr Elizabeth Layton in 2016 and completed it in 2018. He subsequently completed an Honors of Musicology in 2020, obtaining the distinction of First Class. Alongside his institutional studies he has augmented his learning by submitting himself as a pupil to Professor Stefan Ammer and Dr John Polglase. These relationships he treasures as foundation stones upon which his relationship to music is built. His Masters research takes a deep inquiry into the Russian composer Sergei Taneyev and his theories regarding counterpoint and canonic composition, with plans on producing a second edition to his Convertible Counterpoint in the Strict Style. Other projects which Kai is engaged with include a translation of the second book of Zarlino’s four-part L’istitutioni Harmoniche on which he is collaborating with Nicholas Dennett and a new system of technical work for the violin which he is preparing for his students. Kai teaches both violin and musicianship at the Open Music Academy of the Elder Conservatorium and has been the dedicatee of compositions by John Polglase and Adrians Ozols.