孙梅庭自幼生长在一个音乐氛围浓厚的家庭,3岁时便开始了他的钢琴学习之旅,受到了毕美之和
尤大淳两位老师的悉心指导。6岁时,他就赢得了上海市儿童钢琴比赛的第一名,被视为“神童”。
1991年,孙梅庭被美国
曼尼斯音乐学院录取,获得了全额奖学金。并在那里接受了为期十年的学习,师从钢琴家埃尔得维尔(Dr. Edward Aldwell)。在他20岁时,他已经取得了音乐学士和硕士学位。随后,他又进入了
茱莉亚学院深造,在钢琴演奏家麦克唐纳得(Dr. Robert McDonald)的指导下攻读博士学位,并于2005年5月顺利毕业,成为了茱莉亚音乐学院历史上最年轻的钢琴演奏博士。
孙梅庭在其职业生涯中获得了多项重要奖项,包括1995年在林肯中心举办的个人音乐会,1996年被评为《乡村之声》杂志的“年度音乐家”,2002年赢得巴托克·卡巴列夫斯基以及
谢尔盖·普罗科菲耶夫国际
钢琴比赛第一名,2005年获得第七届美国
弗雷德里克·肖邦钢琴比赛第一名等多项殊荣。此外,他还获得了
摩洛哥国际钢琴大奖赛冠军。
孙梅庭的才华得到了业界的高度认可,著名钢琴家
傅聪对他给予了极高的评价,说他是一个能够与自己在音乐上对话的人才。其他评论家如布莱金斯基则预言他会征服世界,成为钢琴界的领军人物。《
纽约邮报》和《
纽约时报》和《明尼苏达星报》和《
波士顿环球报》等媒体都对他的演奏给予了高度赞扬。
Mei-Ting Sun is a renowned pianist who has won several prestigious awards, including the 7th National Chopin Piano Competition in 2005 and the first Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition in 2002. At the age of 15, he was named one of the Musicians of the Year by the Village Voice. Sun has performed in some of the world's most famous concert halls, including Alice Tully Hall, where his rendition of Ravel's Concerto in G was described as "stunningly fluid" by The New York Times.
Sun has given recitals
across North America, Europe, and Asia, and has appeared in concert tours in countries such as Brazil,
Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Spain, the United States, and China. He has also performed with notable orchestras like the National Spanish Orchestra, the Macau Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia, the Warsaw Philharmonic, and the Orchestra of Almeria. Upcoming engagements include recitals in the United States, China, Poland, and Spain, as well as concerto performances with the Macau Orchestra and Shanghai Symphony.
Sun's educational and outreach work in classical music has gained significant media attention through his website whitekeys.com. He frequently conducts masterclasses at major universities worldwide. Born in Shanghai, Sun moved to New York at the age of 9 and attended the Professional Children's School and Mannes College of Music, where he studied piano with Edward Aldwell. He holds both Bachelor's and
硕士's degrees from Mannes College of Music and earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Juilliard School under the guidance of Robert McDonald.
Sun is represented by Cæcilia, Agence de concerts et spectacles and Musika Produções Artísticas e Culturais.