Guest Recital: Kevin Lee Sun (piano)

Guest artist Kevin Lee Sun presents a piano recital. He will perform works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Giacinto Scelsi, Hyo-Shin Na, Colin Kemper, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert and Johannes Brahms, including two Texas premieres: Na's "Song So Old" and Kemper's "Buffalo." This event is free and open to the public. Students receive recital credit.

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About the Artist

Kevin Lee Sun is Assistant Professor of Piano at Duquesne University. The sole pianist to be named Finalist of the 2021 Berlin Prize for Young Artists in Germany, Sun interprets music with “probing seriousness” (Performing Arts Monterey Bay) and “a stunningly beautiful palette of colors” (Peninsula Reviews). He has performed a diverse repertoire around the world, including at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna, and the Banff Centre in Canada.

Sun’s exciting 2024-25 season is representative of his multi-faceted artistic interests. Highlights include the release of Sun's debut album THE PEOPLE UNITED—his recording of Frederic Rzewski's masterpiece “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” (1975)—on the Navona Records label; his performance engagements throughout western Pennsylvania, the West Coast, and the South, where he will present his recital program THE ESSENCE OF THE SOUL; and his regional premieres of works by living composers Hyo-shin Na and Colin Kemper that he himself commissioned.

A native of Sacramento, California, Sun holds degrees from Stanford University, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Eastman School of Music. With his diverse educational background, Sun has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles of original research in the fields of psychiatry, student mentorship, and Platonic philosophy.

Sun balances his performance and research with a strong devotion to teaching. Prior to Duquesne, Sun taught an applied piano studio at Eastman, where he also was Alexander Kobrin’s studio teaching assistant. Sun’s students have achieved numerous successes in international competitions, festival appearances, and graduate school admissions.