Biography

Wei-Yi Sun, a native of Taichung, Taiwan, received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from The Ohio State University School of Music in 2020. She earned her Master of Music degree from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and her Bachelor of Music degree from Tunghai University, one of the finest music schools in Taiwan. An active performer, Wei-Yi has performed at international music festivals including The Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy, The Prague International Piano Festival in the Czech Republic, and Musical Academy of Villefavard in France. She was selected to perform for the SOM Honors Convocation in 2017 and was recently invited to perform at the National Taichung Theater in Taiwan and the Northwest Christian Church in Columbus Ohio.

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Wei-Yi has performed and won many awards internationally and locally. She was one of the finalists in Forte International Music Competition and one of the semi-finalists in NTD International Piano Competition in New York. Several honors she received include first prize of MTNA Competition (Ohio State Division), First Prize of OhioMTA Graves Piano Competition, and the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Award. In 2018, she received several prizes such as the 2nd prize in the Women in Music Competition in Columbus, winner of the OSU School of Music DMA Concerto Competition, and recipient of a Studying Abroad Scholarship from the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

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Wei-Yi is not only a sought after solo and collaborative artist but a dedicated teacher. She was a Graduate Teaching Associate in the School of Music where she taught both music and non-music majors. In all three years of being a teaching associate at the Ohio State University School of Music, she received the outstanding graduate associate award each year. Wei-Yi has such a passion about teaching music that she also volunteered in Liou-Guei Summer Piano Camp for three years and taught students from age 6 to 70. She is currently teaching as a piano professor at Kenyon College.