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ABOUT

Sun Keting (b. 1993) is a London-based Chinese composer and artist. Her recent works focus on performance arts and instrumental sound exploration combining Eastern cultural, spiritual and philosophical elements.

In 2018, she curated The Scent of Sound concert featuring new music based on folk music elements, cross-culture and cross-arts. Later on, she was selected to join LSO's Soudhub Composer Scheme 18/19 and had the privilege of being mentored by Rolf Hind. She is also a composer-in-residence of both Chinese Arts Now and Tangram. In 2019, she attended the Creative Dialogue in Finland guided by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and the Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen.

Sun's music has been performed in the U.K., U.S., Europe and Asia. She has composed music for the London Symphony Orchestra, the Chroma Ensemble, The Manson Ensemble, Tritium Trio, The CoMA Ensemble, The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and The National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan. She has collaborated on projects with The Wellcome Collection, The Bristol School of Animation and Leeds Lieder Festival as well as established artists such as Paul Morley, Huw Watkins, Liam Byrne, Huang Xiao and Michael Foyle.

In 2018, she has started a doctorate at the Royal Academy of Music under the mentorship of Helen Grime and supervised by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Abrahamsen, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Christopher Austin. She completed her MMus degree at the RAM in 2018 and received Distinction Degree and the Pullen Memorial Prize. In 2016, Sun pursued her bachelor’s degree in composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Mingwu Yin.