The Aptos Keyboard Series presents pianist Kevin Lee Sun at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 in concert at Saint John Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos.
Program includes: J.S. Bach Toccata in F-sharp minor BWV 910; Franz Schubert Sonata in A minor, D. 845; Hyo-shin Na Rain Study; Robert Schumann Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Kevin Lee Sun
Sun, 26, born and raised in Sacramento, is a medical student at Stanford and studies piano with Thomas Schultz.
At 8, Sun gave his first solo recital. At 17, he appeared on NPR’s From the Top and won second prize at the 2011 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition.
Since then, he has built and performed a diverse repertoire, including solo works by Hanns Eisler at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Austria, Janáček at Banff Centre in Canada, Schubert at Pianofest in the Hamptons, and Hyo-shin Na at Old First Concerts in San Francisco.
Sun earned his master of music degree in 2017 with Sharon Mann at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His 2019 season took him throughout Northern California, with solo and collaborative recitals in Sacramento, San Francisco, Stanford and Carmel.
Tickets are $25 at the door; students $10, and children under 12 free.
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Future Concerts
(All start at 3 p.m.)
- Tyler Hayford — Sunday, March 15
- Frank Huang — Sunday, April 26
- Vyacheslav Gryaznov — Sunday, Oct. 11
- Sergey Belyavskiy — Sunday, Nov. 15
- Oxana Shevchenko — Sunday, Dec. 13
- Nikolay Khozyainov — TBA
- Anna Tsybuleva — TBA
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For ticket information, call Josef Sekon, artistic director of The Aptos Keyboard Series – 831-685-9169 or email: [email protected]. www.st-john-aptos.org/aptos-keyboard-series.html