Festival Music Director, classical pianist, singer, composer and music educator. Like most Chinese children, her interest in music developed quite early. Suna is born in a Hong Kong middle class family with strong influences from western culture and asked her grandfather for piano lessons at age 5. She passed the Japanese Victor Exam board at age 16 as an Intermediate piano and music theory teacher. Then came second in the All Formosa (Taiwan) Piano Competition the same year.
At 19, she studied music in Fu-Jen Catholic University (Taiwan), performed on TV, talent shows and taught as a lecture for the student piano club and private education centres.
After coming to Australia, She as performed at many festivals, such Atherton Music Festival and Chinese New Year Festival Cairns 2018. She was the accompanist for the Cairns Junior Choral Society in 2014. A regular attendant in local music related organization such as Eisteddford, Queensland Music Teacher Association recitals and performance art workshops.
Her company hosted the Cultural Festival in 2016, Showcase in Paradise 2017, 2018 and 2019 with local, national and international artists and performed/hosted regularly different kinds of events and function, such as musicals, flash mobs, dinner theatre and organised local student concert etc. She was also the secretary of Queensland Music Teacher Association earlier in 2019 before she got accepted as an mature studnet with excellent reference into Australia Institute of Music for her Graduate Certificate and Master Degree.
In 2017 she met her current Pipa (Chinese Lute) teacher through performance contract request and started her journey of Fusion music journey. She is now an accomplished Pipa player and have started to teach traditional Chinese instrument. She discovers, transcribes and arranges numerous music by ear. As an entrepreneur for the art industry she is very aware of the needs of connection: community, cultural services/ groups, Schools, Tourism Operator, Theatre, Councils and other businesses.
Details last updated: January 21, 2021
