Li Yun (), popularly known as Sunny Li, is a Chinese
concert pianist
A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, j ...
. Based in
London
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, Li studied at the
Royal Academy of Music
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and
Royal Northern College of Music
The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is a conservatoire located in Manchester, England. It is one of four conservatoires associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In addition to being a centre of music educatio ...
prior to performing at venues around Europe.
Biography
In 2011, Sunny Li released a piano solo album ''昀韵'' ('), which included works from composers such as
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...
,
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...
and
Moritz Moszkowski
Moritz Moszkowski (23 August 18544 March 1925) was a German composer, pianist, and teacher of Polish-Jewish descent. . She performed at the
Steinway-Haus in
Munich
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, Germany with fellow pianist Assel Abilseitova the same year.
In September 2014, Li founded the Migjorn Quartet, which placed third in the Hirsh Prize Chamber Music Competition. In January 2017, Li played "
Flight of the Bumblebee" on two pianos at the same time. The video, posted on
Facebook
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by
Classic FM, garnered over a million views with mixed reactions from viewers.
Awards
* 2007 – The Third Rising Star International Piano Competition, "Gold Award"
* 2013 – Schoenfeld International Piano Competition, "Elite Award"
* 2015 – British Royal Northern College of Music Concerto Competition, Winner
* 2016 – Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, Second place
* 56th Grotrain-Steinweg Schumann International Competition, Winner
* 59th French International Music Festival, France, French Nice Festival Solo Awards
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music
Chinese classical pianists
Chinese women pianists
Women classical pianists
21st-century classical pianists
Chinese emigrants to England
21st-century women pianists