Piano Professor at the Yehudi Menuhin School Qingdao

Professor and Graduate Student Supervisor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Young Pianist

Sun Yun started learning the piano at a young age under her mother's guidance and began studying with Yin Chengzong at the age of 11. When she was 12, Sun Yun was admitted to the middle school of the Central Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Professor Zhou Guangren. She then went on to the United States to study in the pre-college division of the Manhattan School of Music as a winner of the full scholarship. She received her Bachelor's degree, Master's degree,  advanced postgraduate diploma and doctorate degree in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music. During her study abroad, Sun Yun studied under Professor Nina Svetlanova at the Mannes School of Music, a disciple of Russian school pianist Heinrich Neuhaus; Sun Yun also studied under Professor Robert McDonald at the Juilliard School, a European Schnabel school pianist. She gained a deep understanding of the essence of both the German and Russian piano schools, mastering a comprehensive range of musical performance styles and scientific piano playing techniques.

Sun Yun has performed multiple times at prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center in New York, and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. She has been awarded the first prize for piano in the 22nd International Artists Competition and is the top-prize winner in the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati. After returning to China in 2002 to teach, she conducted in-depth research on the complete piano works of Mozart, Chopin, and Schubert under the guidance of Fu Cong for a decade. She has accumulated extensive teaching experience, and her students have won numerous awards in both national and international competitions.