‘a searing and poetic tone’
(The Guardian)
Emily’s debut album, Nocturnes, (ABC Classic/Universal) reached No. 1 on the ARIA Classical Charts, and her recent release ‘Film Fantasia’ featuring the concertos of Korngold and Kats-Chernin recorded with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra was Editor’s Choice in Limelight Magazine and received critical acclaim: ‘Sun’s tone is luxurious.. with style’ (BBC Music Magazine); ‘poetic and colourful’ (CD Choice); ‘Sun is in charge, a master of the aural canvas (Musicweb International).
Since her Wigmore Hall debut in 2016, Emily has performed in venues worldwide including the Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, Tchaikovsky Great Hall and Seoul Arts Center. She was invited to perform for King Charles III alongside Maxim Venverov in Bach’s Double Violin Concerto in Buckingham Palace, and also performed for the King and Queen of Belgium in the Royal Palace of Brussels.
Awards and prizes have included the Tagore Gold Medal from the Royal College of Music, the 2018 ABC Young Performers Award (Australia), the 2016 Royal Overseas League Music Competition (UK), and the Brahms (Austria), Yampolsky (Russia) and Lipizer (Italy) international violin competitions. She was a Young Concert Artist for the Tillett Trust, The Worshipful Company of Musicians and City Music Foundation.
Emily studied with Dr Robin Wilson (Sydney Conservatorium of Music), Itzhak Rashkovsky (Royal College of Music, London), Augustin Dumay (Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth, Belgium), and received further mentoring from Pinchas Zukerman, Maxim Vengerov and Ivry Gitlis.
Emily is currently Violin Professor at the Royal College of Music, London, and she performs on a 1753 G.B. Guadagnini ‘The Adelaide’ violin, kindly loaned to her by the UKARIA Cultural Trust.
“Possessed of a superb talent” (The Australian), violinist Emily Sun is in demand internationally for her compelling and captivating interpretations.
Her genuine connection with audiences and engaging presence have thrilled her growing audiences, as she performs as a concerto soloist with leading orchestras, and as a chamber musician and recitalist in major concert halls around the globe.
Emily was the 23/24 Artist-in-Association with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, with several concerto appearances during the season including the world premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin Violin Concerto, which received 5 star reviews; she made her debut with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and a return to Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony and Western Australia Symphony Orchestra.
In recent seasons, she has worked with conductors Andrew Litton, Vasily Petrenko, Mark Wigglesworth, Jaime Martin, Ascher Fisch, Benjamin Northey and Johannes Fritzsch. She made her China debut with the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tan Dun, and has performed with the South Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Arlington Symphony and Garland Symphony (USA), and the European Union Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Orchestre de Royal Wallonie and Orchestre de Chambre Namur in Europe.