Sophomore Recital
Jonathan Luo, piano Sophomore Recital
From the studio of Dr. Elena Cholakova
Sunday, April 27, 2025, 12:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Department of Music
1804 N. Decatur Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30322
Please turn off phones and all electronic devices. Photography, recording, or digital capture of this concert is not permitted.
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 848, Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major (1685–1750)
Gaspard de la Nuit Maurice Ravel i. Ondine (1875–1937)
Jonathan Luo, piano
Ballade No. 4 Op. 52 in F minor Frederic Chopin (1810–1849)
Kimiko Darcy, piano
Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff iii. Allegro scherzando (1873–1943)
Jonathan Luo, piano
Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124 (with cuts) Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Kimiko Darcy, piano
This recital is presented by the Department of Music at Emory University music.emory.edu
Jonathan Luo is a sophomore in Emory’s College of Arts and Sciences intending to major in Quantitative Sciences on the Biology track. Originally from Mason, Ohio, he began his musical studies at the age of six at Leung Studios, with Dr. Benita Tse-Leung and Dr. Jackson Leung. He currently studies with Dr. Elena Cholakova at Emory University. Jonathan’s first-place awards include the Ohio Music Teachers Association Buckeye Auditions, Blue Ash-Montgomery Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, Nathaniel Patch Piano Competition, and the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition. Outside of piano, Jonathan is involved in Aural Pleasure, Emory’s oldest gender-inclusive a cappella group, as well as two bands: ASOund and Band Absolute. Jonathan also jumps rope competitively and professionally, and was previously a member of the US National Jump Rope Team.
Kimiko Darcy is a second-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, 20242025 Emory Concerto and Aria Competition, 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 fundraising 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 as an Executive Board member of the Caring Chords club at Emory, she volunteers as a piano performer at assisted living facilities throughout Atlanta.