Recitals Australia Presents
Lunch Hour Autumn Series
North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall – Tynte Street, North Adelaide
Commencing at 12.30pm
Ada Wang – Piano Solo
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita for keyboard No. 2, BWV 826
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Notturno
Mirian Hyde (1913-2005)
Wet Night on the Highway
Ada Wang (Viola) and Simón Pazos Quintana (Piano)
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
Viola Sonata
I. Allegro moderato
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Märchenbilder, Op.113
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Romanze
ABOUT Ada 
Ada is a 13-year-old multi-instrumentalist with a deep passion for music. She began learning the piano at the age of three and a half and has studied with Monika Laczofy OAM since 2021. She is currently preparing for the AMusA examination in piano. In addition to piano, Ada studies viola with Stephen King. She is the violist of the OMA String Quartet and is also preparing for her AMusA examination in viola. Ada further extends her musicianship through saxophone studies and is currently learning AMusA-level repertoire on the instrument. Ada has received the AMEB SA&NT Woodwind Certificate Prize for 2025 and has been invited to proferm at the Awards Ceremony. Ada actively participates in a wide range of ensembles. Outside of school, she performs with the Adelaide Youth Orchestra (AdYO), the OMA String Ensumble and String Quartet, and JEMs. At school, she is a member of Senior Strings, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Ensemble, Little Big Band, Concert Band, and the school choirs Bella Voce, and Chorale. Through these diverse ensemble experiences, Ada continues to develop her musical versatility, collaborative skills, and performance confidence. Beyond music, Ada is also passionate about shooting and is a member of the South Australian Target Rifle State Team.
ABOUT Simón
Simón Pazos Quintana is a Spanish-born, Adelaide-based classical pianist, accompanist and teacher. He obtained his Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in Adelaide, under the tutelage of Professor Stefan Ammer. In 2018, he made his concerto debut with Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto and the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of maestro James Lowe. Later that year, he was awarded the Peter Schodde Memorial Piano Scholarship, with which he travelled throughout Germany, Austria and England, playing for highly respected professors and performers to further his technical abilities and musicianship.
Upon his return to Adelaide, Simón was a finalist in the 2019, 2021 and 2023 Geoffrey Parsons Awards for piano accompaniment. He accompanies classes, recitals and exams in the Elder Conservatorium, where he is also a piano teacher as part of the Open Music Academy. He is a sought-after accompanist and regularly features in the Recitals Australia lunchtime recitals. As a solo recital pianist, Simón recently performed in the 2024 PianoLab festival in June, where he presented two major works by composer Aleksandr Mosolov. Furthermore, earlier this year and under the supervision of pianist Konstantin Shamray, Simón also completed his performance-based PhD, centred around recordings of the full works for solo piano by Mosolov. The doctorate was awarded with a Dean’s Commendation.