4/14/2024, Sanjay Aiyar and Jonathan Luo, student piano recital

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MUSIC

Jonathan Luo Piano

Freshman Recital

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Sanjay Aiyar Piano

Junior Recital From the Studio of Dr. Elena Cholakova

Sunday, April 14, 2024, 3:30 PM

Performing Arts Studio

1804 N. Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA 30322

Program Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 888

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Jonathan Luo _______ from Aneées de Pèlerinage: Suisse La Chapelle de Guillaume Tell Orage

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Sanjay Aiyar _______ Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514, in A Major

Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)

Jonathan Luo _______ No. 5 Bruyères, Préludes, Deuxième livre No. 9 Hommàge S. Pickwick, Préludes, Deuxième livre

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Sanjay Aiyar _______ Miroirs Maurice Ravel iii. Une barque sur l’ocean (1875 - 1937) Jonathan Luo _______ Op. 48, Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations) Sanjay Aiyar _______ 4

Robert Muczynszki (1929-2010)

Biographies Jonathan Luo is a freshman in Emory’s College of Arts and Sciences intending to major in Computer Science. 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, and the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition. Outside of piano, Jonathan is the music director for Aural Pleasure, Emory’s oldest all-gender a cappella group. Furthermore, Jonathan jumps rope competitively and professionally, and is a member of the US National Jump Rope Team.

Sanjay Aiyar is a junior in Emory’s College of Arts and Sciences, doublemajoring in Biology on the pre-med track and Piano performance.

He began learning piano at age 5 with Laura Kerr in the Philadelphia suburbs, and studied with her throughout high school. During his three years at Emory, he has studied with Prof. Erika Tazawa and Dr. Elena Cholakova. In his performing career, Sanjay has earned third place honors at the Charleston International Piano Competition and performed in the Philadelphia Music Teachers Association State Festival.

Besides performing classical piano, Sanjay has transcribed numerous compositions by stride and ragtime composers Fats Waller, Art Tatum, and Nat ‘King’ Cole for solo piano. Sanjay has played baseball for almost as long as he has played piano, and currently pitches and plays both infield and outfield for the Emory DII Club Baseball team. Additionally, he is very passionate about geography and participates in competitive GeoGuessr tournaments nationally online.

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Upcoming Events The Department of Music presents the following free concerts, events, and recitals. For a comprehensive and most up-to-date list, please visit our online event calendar at music.emory.edu.

Apr. 14 7pm

Emory Concert Choir

Schwartz Center

Apr. 16 8pm

Emory Big Band

Schwartz Center

Apr. 19 8pm

Emory Wind Ensemble

Schwartz Center

Apr. 20 5pm

Student Recital Doowon Kim, violin

Schwartz Center

Apr. 20 8pm

StageWorks 2024

Performing Arts Studio

Apr. 21 4pm

Emory Concerto and Aria Competition

Schwartz Center

Apr. 23 8pm

Spring Composition Showcase Performing Arts Studio

Apr 25 6pm

Jazz on the Quad Emory Quadrangle (new location: in front of the Carlos Museum)

Apr. 26 & Apr. 27 8pm

Emory University Symphony Schwartz Center Orchestra & University Chorus

Apr. 27 12pm

Student Recital Taekyu Lee, piano

Performing Arts Studio

Apr. 28 12pm

Student Recital Kimiko Darcy, piano

Performing Arts Studio

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Music at Emory The Department of Music at Emory University provides an exciting and innovative environment for developing knowledge and skills as a performer, composer, and scholar. Led by a faculty of more than 60 nationally and internationally recognized artists and researchers, our undergraduate and graduate students experience a rich diversity of performance and academic opportunities. Undergraduate students in our department earn a BA in music with a specialization in performance, composition, or research, many of whom simultaneously earn a second degree in another department. True to the spirit of Emory, a liberal arts college in the heart of a research university, our faculty and ensembles also welcome the participation of non-major students from across the Emory campus. Become a part of Music at Emory by giving to the Friends of Music. Your gift provides crucial support to all of our activities. To learn more, visit our website at music.emory.edu or call 404.727.6280.

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Music at Emory Music at Emory brings together students, faculty, and world-class artists to create an exciting and innovative season of performances, lectures, workshops, and master classes. With more than 150 events each year across multiple Emory venues, audiences experience a wide variety of musical offerings.

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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