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 London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

, Li studied at the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke ...

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 Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, 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

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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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Sunny 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