WINNER OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL PIANO 'E' COMPETITION
SET TO DEBUT AT LINCOLN CENTER

NEW YORK, NY (November 7, 2003)—Mei-Ting Sun, the 22-year-old First Prize winner of the first International Piano-e-Competition held in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2002, will make his debut recital in Alice Tully Hall at New York's Lincoln Center on Monday, November 10, 2003 at 8 pm.

	Pianist Mei-Ting Sun will perform at Alice Tully Hall in New York's Lincoln Center on November 10.

Sun will perform a program including J.S. Bach's "Partita No. 5 in G major," B. Bartók's "Sonata (1926)," F. Chopin's "Nocturne Op. 62 No. 2 in E major," F. Chopin's "Ballade No. 1 in G minor," R. Schumann's "Humoresque, Op. 20," and the world premiere of a composition by R. Cuckson Harbst.

The recital is part of Sun's prize for taking top honors at the first-of-its-kind Piano-e-Competition last year. During the Competition Finals, competitors performed on a traditional nine-foot Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand piano, one of the world's finest instruments. Using the uncanny reproducing ability of Yamaha Disklavier technology, one of the jury's eight judges was able to appreciate contestants' performances from Tokyo, Japan, and members of the public who own Disklaviers can download MIDI data and recreate the performances in their own homes. He also received a $25,000 cash award, a CD release on The Schubert Club's Ten Thousand Lakes label, and a Yamaha DC3A 6'1" Disklavier polished ebony grand piano.

Named one of the Musicians of the Year 1996 by the Village Voice for his performance of the Op. 10 Etudes of Chopin, Sun has performed in many of New York's concert halls. He has been featured on WQXR Classical Radio as part of the "Young Artist Showcase" program, has appeared on NPR's "Performance Today," and has been heard in recital in much of the U.S., Japan and China. His recent appearances have included a doctoral recital at the Juilliard School, the opening Gala at the Taubman and Newport Festivals, and a concert tour of Spain in March 2003. He has scheduled concerto engagements with the Winnepeg and Richmond Symphonies during the 2004 season.

A native of Shanghai, Sun received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Mannes College of Music, where he studied with Edward Aldwell. Currently he is a C. V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at the Juilliard School, studying with Robert McDonald.

Tickets to Mei-Ting Sun's debut recital at Alice Tully Hall are available from CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, through Lincoln Center at (212) 875-5050, or online at www.lincolncenter.org. A discount is available for students and senior citizens.

For more information on Yamaha, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622-6600; telephone (714) 522-9011; email infostation@yamaha.com; or visit www.yamaha.com.