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“- tackling the bruising finale with pinpoint clarity and convincing bravura, while the lighter moments danced with an impish joy that brought the audience to their feet after the final bars.” - Chicago Tribune
Born in 2003, Sherri Lun started her first piano lesson at the age of 4. At 7 years old, she was admitted to the Junior Music Program of Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a double major in piano and viola under the tutelages of Ms. Hui Ling (piano) and Ms. Cass Ho (viola). After graduating from Diocesan Girls' School, she continued her music studies with Prof. Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she receives a full-tuition scholarship supported by the Academy and the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme. She is also a KNS Classical and Keyboard Charitable Trust artist.
A Young Scholar of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, Sherri made her concerto debut at the Ravinia Festival with the Midwest Young Artists at just 10 years old. Since then, she has performed in prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall in London, Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, and Millennium Park in Chicago. Her international appearances span the UK, US, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Malaysia, and China. Sherri has also collaborated with esteemed ensembles such as the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Hong Kong Youth Orchestra, and Kölner Kammerorchester. In December 2023, she released her debut album with KNS Classical, featuring works by Robert Schumann and César Franck.
Highlights of her 2023/24 season include solo recitals in Steinway Hall London, Drapers’ Hall, Hammerklavier International Piano Series in Girona, as well as a 4-concert tour in Malaysia. Performances in the upcoming season include the Leeds & Bradford Piano Trail Festival as part of the Leeds International Piano Competition, the Festival Musicale delle Nazioni in Rome, and an Italian concert tour in 2025 organized by the Keyboard Charitable Trust.
Sherri’s artistry has been recognized with top prizes in numerous national and international competitions. Named '2020 Performing Artist of the Year' by South China Morning Post, Sherri most recently won First Prize and Audience Prize in the 2024 Birmingham International Piano Competition, following her First Prize win in the 2023 Hong Kong Generation Next Arts Competition. She is also a laureate of multiple international competitions, including Third Prize in Robert Schumann Competition for Young Pianists (Düsseldorf), Second Prize in the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, First Prize and the Best Performance of F. Chopin Ballade in the ASEAN International Chopin Piano Competition (Malaysia), First Prize of the Steinway and Sons International Youth Piano Competition (Beijing), Second Prize of the Xinghai Cup Piano Competition, and Bronze Prize of the Chopin International Piano Competition in ASIA (Japan). At the Royal Academy of Music, she won consecutively the 2022 Sterndale Bennett Piano Prize, 2023 Chung Nung Lee Prize and 2024 Harold Craxton Prize. She was invited to perform in the 2022 Bicentenary celebration concert of RAM in Wigmore Hall. In Hong Kong, she is a frequent winner of local competitions, and her performance has been broadcasted by the Radio Television Hong Kong.
Sherri’s passion for music led her to participate in festivals, including the Oxford Piano Festival, Virtuoso and Belcanto Festival Lucca, Pianale International Piano Academy, Frost Chopin Academy, Beijing International Music Festival, and the International Summer Academy at Universitat Mozarteum Salzburg, where she was selected to perform in Wienner Saal of Stiftung Mozarteum. Sherri was awarded Highest Scorer of the Year by Trinity College London for her licentiate diploma piano recital in 2017. Artists she has played for include Gary Graffman, Arie Vardi, Philippe Entremont, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Imogen Cooper, Andrea Bonatta, Leslie Howard, Kevin Kenner, Dang Thai Son, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydron, and Lang Lang.
In addition to playing piano, Sherri was principal violist of the HKAPA Junior Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with the University of London Symphony Orchestra and Ponte London Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she formed her own piano and string quartet in Hong Kong, which won top prizes in all ensemble categories in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival and performed at the Government House for the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. She now regularly performs with the Isla String Quartet.
