Emily Sun

Violinist

“The Il Cannone Direct and Focused allow my violin to truly breathe and resonate with incredible overtones, and matched with the Il Cannone Gold G makes a remarkably deep and rich tone. The strings feel flexible under the fingers, whilst delivering sheer power and an extraordinary palette of colour.”

Emily Sun

Larsen Strings for Violin

About Emily

“Possessed of a superb talent” (The Australian), with ‘a searing and poetic tone’ (The Guardian), 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.

In recent seasons, Emily has appeared as soloist with Melbourne Symphony, Sydney Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Johannesburg Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, and was the Artist-in-Association with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra working with conductors Andrew Litton, Vasily Petrenko, Mark Wigglesworth, Jaime Martin, Asher Fisch and Benjamin Northey. She made her China debut with the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tan Dun, and appeared in Europe with the European Union Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de Royal Wallonie and Orchestre de Chambre Namur.

Emily’s debut album, Nocturnes, (ABC Classic/Universal) reached No. 1 on the ARIA Classical Charts, and her second release ‘Film Fantasia’ featured the concertos of Korngold and Kats-Chernin, recorded with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. It 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).

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1753) ‘The Adelaide’

Larsen Strings Set up:
E: Il Cannone Soloist E-string
A: Il Cannone Direct & Focused Medium A-string
D: Il Cannone Direct & Focused Medium D-string
G: Il Cannone Gold G-string

Since her Wigmore Hall debut, Emily has performed as recitalist 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 Vengerov in Bach’s Double Violin Concerto at Buckingham Palace for the Royal Gala, 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.

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 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.

Larsen Strings for Violin

Emily Sun

Emily’s latest album release, selected as Editor’s Choice of Limelight Magazine and critically acclaimed by BBC Music Magazine features Korngold Violin Concerto, the world premiere recording of the Elena Kats-Chernin Violin Concerto and John William’s Schindler’s List.

Mendelssohn Violin Sonata in F major, Adagio. Emily Sun – violin, and Joseph Havlat, piano, recorded at the UKARIA Cultural Centre Adelaide, Australia.