Description
Ricker Choi
RHAPSODY: Piano & Mixed Media Show
As a prolific artist, Ricker Choi’s protest art has been exhibited in Hong Kong, New York, London UK, Toronto, Dublin, Tokyo and Prague. As well, as an award-winning pianist, Ricker has performed in Toronto and internationally. He has won numerous awards, including 2nd prize from the Berlin Int’l Amateur Piano Competition (2010) and 3rd prize from Concours International de Grands Amateurs de Piano (2012). His most memorable performances were at the Berlin Philharmonic’s 2500 seat Großer Saal and at Paris’ 1000 seat Salle Gaveau.
Ricker Choi (www.rickerchoi.com) is a certified Chartered Financial Analyst and Financial Risk Manager. He began studying the piano at 13, after his family immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong. Having earned the ARCT Diploma in Piano Performance at 18, Ricker enrolled in York University’s Schulich School of Business, where he earned both BBA and MBA degrees.
Ricker’s art and piano composition “Hong Kong Rhapsody” (香港狂想曲) has been labeled by the Chinese Communist Party as “separatist art and music”, and in April, 2022, 文匯報Wen Hui Bao, a Chinese state-funded media company, accused him of infringing the National Security Law.
Program:
Chopin: Mazurka – op 63 no 3
Chopin: Mazurka – op 30 n 2
Rachmaninoff: Etude Tableux Op 39 no 5
Silvestrov: Silent Songs No. 1
Shervin Hajipour: Ba’de Ma (arranged by Ricker Choi)
Rweski: People United Will Never Be Defeated (excerpts)
Hong Kong Pop Medley: 獅子山下-海闊天空-漫長-發現號
(Beneath the Lion Rock-Boundless Oceans Vast Skies-Long Journey-Discovery)
Ricker Choi: Hong Kong Rhapsody
Your $45 ticket includes the concert and a reception with Windrush’s international award-winning VQA wines, treats and meeting the artists. Guests under 19 or over 90 are free. Part of proceeds help empower underserved kids using the arts at youthLEADarts.com
