Musicians

Ricker Choi - Pianist, Artist, Composer

Ricker Choi’s (www.rickerchoi.com) career is in financial risk management.  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 BBA and MBA degrees.  He is also a certified Chartered Financial Analyst and Financial Risk Manager.

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 on 04-20-2022 文匯報Wen Hui Bao, a Chinese state-funded media, accused him of infringing the National Security Law. 
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He is a prolific artist and his protest art has been exhibited in Hong Kong, New York, London UK, Toronto, Dublin, Tokyo and Prague.  An award-winning pianist, Ricker has performed in festivals and recitals in Toronto and internationally.  Ricker has won numerous awards, including 2nd prize from 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 Philharmonie’s 2500 seat Großer Saal and at Paris' 1000 seat Salle Gaveau.