{"id":18701,"date":"2026-09-17T10:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/music\/?page_id=18701"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:02:09","slug":"pei-sun-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/music\/pei-sun-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Pei Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; top_divider_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||5px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][dsm_text_divider header=&#8221;Pei Sun&#8221; text_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;60px&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_text_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||10px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><span>Adjunct Associate Professor<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Fields of Study:<\/strong><br \/><span>Piano<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Degrees &amp; Studies: <\/strong><br \/>MM Piano Performance &#8211; Manhattan School of Music<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/09\/pei.jpeg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Bruce Saylor, Professor, Composition&#8221; title_text=&#8221;pei&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;66%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||25px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|0px|false|false&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#E71939&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||7px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biographical Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pei Sun started his piano education at age six. At the age of twelve, he was admitted<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">to the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School in Beijing where he studied with<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jianqin Fan and Yiming Pan. Mr. Sun received his Bachelor of Music from Aaron<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Copland School of Music and Masters of Music degrees from Manhattan School of<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Music where he studied with Morey Ritt, Constance Keene and Solomon Mikowsky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He also studied with other eminent artists such as George Pappastavorro, Arkady<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Aronov and Lydia Bugosluvsky. As a winner of numerous awards at competitions<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">held in China and U.S, he has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in concert<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">halls including Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Beijing Forbidden City Concert Hall,<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Beijing Concert Hall, Guangzhou People\u2019s Theater and Shandong Theater. Mr. Sun<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">holds many master classes in Shandong, Guangdong and Zhejiang in China, and his<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">students win top honors at many national and international competitions. Mr. Sun was<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">an Associate Piano Professor at China Conservatory of Music in Beijing from 2004 to<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">2016. Besides teaching, Mr. Sun frequently judged international competitions such as<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe First Asia-Pacific International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition\u201d in Korea,<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Fourth Steinway National Youth Piano Competition\u201d in China and \u201cThe Third<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Goodway International Youth Piano Competition\u201d in China. Since 2008, Mr. Sun has<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">been a member of the faculty at Summit Music Festival, New York where he teaches<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">both piano and chamber music. He is a co-founder and Chief Inspector of Goodway<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">National Piano Competition in Hangzhou, China. In 2015, he co-founded and became<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">a co-director of the International Music Performance Exchange program of The Aaron<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Copland School of Music at Queens College. 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