WINNER OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL PIANO 'E' COMPETITION
ENTHRALLS CROWD IN LINCOLN CENTER DEBUT

NEW YORK, NY (November 14, 2003)—Mei-Ting Sun, the 22-year-old First Prize winner of the first International Piano-e-Competition held in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2002, made a stunning debut recital before a large audience in Alice Tully Hall at New York's Lincoln Center on November 10.

	With a talent and style beyond his 22 years, Mei-Ting Sun made the most of his first Lincoln Center appearance on November 10.

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

The recital was 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, and Sun used the same model for his Lincoln Center performance.

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.

Sun greets Yamaha Corporation of America Senior Vice President Terry Lewis at a post-concert reception at New York's Tavern on the Green.

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.

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