From Across the World
Reverberating strings and echoes
fill the Voertman Recital Hall in the College of Music building. Donned in a
slim, black dress and heels, a woman recites Ludwig van Beethoven’s sonata in
e-flat major. Amongst the crowd people are watching and pointing, noting how
there is no sheet music before her. She is reciting all four movements that
make up the piece from memory.
It is only mere minutes later that
she bewilders the crowd, playing Franz Schubert’s sonata in A minor, once
again, all from memory.
The pianist, Xiaojie Nina Sun, then
steps up to the applause of the crowd, inviting the various guests to come on
stage and speak to her about her performance, a reception of sorts.
“This is a very big and positive
moment in my life,” Sun said, “I want to thank you all for coming out and
seeing me.”
Sun was performing as a featured
guest artist yesterday, demonstrating to fans and faculty alike her plethora of
musical expertise and executions. Sun is an assistant professor at the Music
School of Harbin Normal University in China as well as a vie-secretary general
of the Russian branch of the Heilongjiang International Exchange Scholars.
She is well versed in Russian,
English, and Chinese. With these skills, she has hosted and translated many
Chinese-Russian and Chinese-American concerts and conferences, 11 journals, and
written three books. She has also
performed in Harbin, Beijing, Moscow, and Texas.
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