This Recitals Australia Lunch Hour Series features Esmond Choi. Esmond Choi is an Australian pianist/composer currently undertaking post-graduate studies at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, researching on how one can experience and enrich one’s own understanding of Transcendentalism through the works of Ives and Cage. He currently holds eight scholarships, including The Daisy Burmeister Salotti Scholarship for Pianoforte, The Diana Harris Prize for Accompaniment, and The Maude Puddy Scholarship. Esmond has played for Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Nicholas Mathew, Paavali Jumppanen, Neal Peres Da Costa and Stefan Ammer.\Esmond is the current pianist for the Novus ensemble, and he is the current organist for St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church.