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The Aptos Keyboard Series
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02/23/2020
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Kevin Lee Sun is a 26-year-old pianist, born and raised in Sacramento, California. At age 8, he gave his first solo recital, and at 17, he appeared on NPR’s From the Top and won second prize at the 2011 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition. Since then, Sun has built and performed a diverse repertoire, including solo works by Hanns Eisler at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Austria, Janáček at Banff Centre in Canada, Schubert at Pianofest in the Hamptons, and Hyo-shin Na at Old First Concerts in San Francisco. He also has performed Bach and Beethoven concertos with the Sacramento Bravo Bach! Festival Orchestra and the Stanford Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, Sun earned his Master of Music degree with Sharon Mann at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he served as Piano Department Assistant. Currently a medical student at Stanford, Sun studies piano with Thomas Schultz. His 2019 season took him throughout Northern California, with solo and collaborative recitals in Sacramento, San Francisco, Stanford, and Carmel.
Program
1. J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750) Toccata in F-sharp minor, BWV 910 2. Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Sonata in A minor, D. 845 INTERMISSION 3. Hyo-shin Na (1959) Rain Study (1999) 4. Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Kreisleriana, Op. 16 |
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125 Canterbury Dr., Aptos CA
Sundays at 3:00 pm
Tickets are available at the door for $25
This donation goes to the artist and towards maintaining a concert ready instrument. For further ticket information please call Artistic Director Josef Sekon: 831-685-9169 or email
Sundays at 3:00 pm
Tickets are available at the door for $25
This donation goes to the artist and towards maintaining a concert ready instrument. For further ticket information please call Artistic Director Josef Sekon: 831-685-9169 or email
About the Aptos Keyboard Series at St. John's
Our Mission: to promote gifted young pianists and offer them the opportunity to perform in a concert setting.
Our History: Artistic Director Josef Sekon, longtime music teacher at Cabrillo College, hosted concerts in his home and other local venues for the past several years. Several St. John's parishioners actively supported this artistic venture in various ways, from hosting musicians to providing financial support, and, of course, serving as a loyal audience. So when the concert series began to outgrow a "house concert" size, St. John's was a logical place to look for a new home. To begin, a parish member has loaned the church a Steinway piano to do justice to the level of the musicianship being shared.
St. John's is delighted to partner with Josef Sekon in presenting the Aptos Keyboard Series, henceforth to be known as "The Aptos Keyboard Series at St. John's." It is our hope that we can expand the opportunity from a house concert with an audience of 35 to our larger venue as St. John's, with our wonderful acoustics. And we hope to maintain the intimate atmosphere of a “Salon Setting” for upcoming concerts.
If you love listening to world class piano music in a relaxed setting please come to this series of Sunday afternoon concerts. We are delighted to accept financial support to help promote these young guest artists in our own community.
- features International World-Class Pianists
- co-presented by Josef Sekon, artistic director, & the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist
Our Mission: to promote gifted young pianists and offer them the opportunity to perform in a concert setting.
Our History: Artistic Director Josef Sekon, longtime music teacher at Cabrillo College, hosted concerts in his home and other local venues for the past several years. Several St. John's parishioners actively supported this artistic venture in various ways, from hosting musicians to providing financial support, and, of course, serving as a loyal audience. So when the concert series began to outgrow a "house concert" size, St. John's was a logical place to look for a new home. To begin, a parish member has loaned the church a Steinway piano to do justice to the level of the musicianship being shared.
St. John's is delighted to partner with Josef Sekon in presenting the Aptos Keyboard Series, henceforth to be known as "The Aptos Keyboard Series at St. John's." It is our hope that we can expand the opportunity from a house concert with an audience of 35 to our larger venue as St. John's, with our wonderful acoustics. And we hope to maintain the intimate atmosphere of a “Salon Setting” for upcoming concerts.
If you love listening to world class piano music in a relaxed setting please come to this series of Sunday afternoon concerts. We are delighted to accept financial support to help promote these young guest artists in our own community.