MUSIC
2023 | 2024
Kimiko Darcy, Piano Freshman
Recital
MUSIC
From the studio of Dr. Elena Cholakova
2023 | 2024
Sunday, April 28, 2024, 12:00 PM
Performing Arts Studio
1804 N. Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA 30322
Audience Information
Please turn off phones and all electronic devices. Photography, recording, or digital capture of this concert is not permitted.
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Cover Design: Lisa Baron | Cover Photo: Mark Teague
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Program
Prelude and Fugue No.16 in G minor, BWV 885
Sonata No. 21 Op. 53 in C major
J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro con brio (1770 - 1827)
Sonata No. 2 Op. 36 in B-flat minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
II. Non allegro (1873 - 1943)
Sonata No. 1 Op. 22
Alberto Ginastera
III. Adagio molto appassionato (1916 - 1983)
~ intermission ~
Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958
Franz Schubert
I. Allegro (1797 - 1828)
II. Adagio
Isoldens Liebestod Franz Liszt from Tristan und Isolde (1811 - 1886)
Student Biography
Kimiko Darcy is a first-year student pursuing a double major in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and Music at Emory University. She studies under Dr. Elena Cholakova. Kimiko’s awards include: First Place, 2023-2024 MTNA National Competition, First Place, 2023-2024 MTNA Southern Division Competition, Senior Division; First Place, 2023-2024 MTNA Georgia State Competition, Senior Division; First Place, 2022 Illinois State Music Teachers Association Piano Competition, North, Senior Division; First Place, 2021 MTNA Illinois State Competition, Senior Division; in 2021, and First Place, Piano D, United States International Music Competition, among many more. Kimiko is a 2022 scholarship recipient of the Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and of the Chopin Foundation of the United States Scholarship Program for Young Pianists in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. In 2021, Kimiko and her sister, Eriko, produced and performed “Play for Justice!”, a YouTube livestream concert, to raise funds for social justice causes. Kimiko’s non-profit fund-raising efforts include recitals in: Japan; Lesa, Italy; Chicago; and Huletts Landing, New York. The proceeds of her charitable performances support the victims of domestic violence and Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. She is an intern in Dr. Hackney’s Neurokinesiology Lab and volunteers at the Georgia Harm Reduction Center.
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Music at Emory
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We hope you enjoy sampling an assortment of work from our student ensembles, community youth ensembles, artists in residence, professional faculty, up-and-coming prodigies, and virtuosos from around the world.
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