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Meteoric Piano Talent Mei-Ting Sun Chooses Sibelius

Mei-Ting Sun Performs at Yamaha piano

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—Piano virtuoso and Sibelius user Mei-Ting Sun came to New York from Shanghai at nine years old. In 1996, he was named one of the “Musicians of the Year” by the Village Voice for his performance of the Op. 10 Etudes of Chopin. At age 14, his performance of Ravel’s Concerto in G at Alice Tully Hall was praised by the New York Times as a “stunningly fluid reading.”

Now 24, Sun has toured Spain, France, Italy, China and Japan and played with symphonies in Canada, Hong Kong and Macau. He has been featured on WQXR (NY) Classical Radio’s “Young Artist Showcase” and NPR’s “Performance Today” program and was the 2002 Winner of the International Piano-e-Competition.

In March, Sun won the 2005 National Chopin Piano Competition, and in September he will travel to Warsaw to represent the United States in the International Chopin Competition.

His first prize from the National Chopin Competition also includes $20,000 in cash; a June 13 performance at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall; and a 20-city stateside tour, arranged by the competition, which includes a June 12 recital at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Currently, Sun is a C.V. Star Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School of Music.

Sun’s notation software of choice? Sibelius.

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From “Soulbop” to “Soulgrass”, Famed Saxman Bill Evans Gets There With Sibelius

Bill Evans

Bill Evans, a Grammy award-winning jazz saxophonist with 13 CDs to date, played to sold out audiences this past week at Yoshi’s Jazz club in Oakland, California. Evans had just wrapped up his 2005 European tour and was in Oakland with an amazing lineup of musicians to promote his upcoming CD Soulgrass, a mixture of bluegrass, jazz and soul.

The virtuoso sax player credits Sibelius software as playing an integral part in creating Soulgrass, “(Sibelius) has become an invaluable tool for me, especially when I’m in the process of recording a new CD.” Evans adds in his typical self-effacing manner that “Sibelius was so easy to use, even I could be an expert.” (This despite musical talent and technique that can only be described as frightening).

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The Piano Lesson

By Elise Beckett Russell 

Developed by Elise Beckett Russell using Sibelius, The Piano Lesson leapt onto the scene in 2003. It is the only piano curriculum of its type that offers musicianship phases, assignment sheets, scales, theory, vocabulary and music appreciation, while allowing students to select their own repertoire.

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