Jun Liu

Jun Liu is a senior at John P. Stevens High School in Edison. Currently, she is a student of Ingrid Clarfield of Princeton and has been studying with her for the past five years of the twelve that Jun took piano lessons. During her musical career, she has won numerous awards. This year, she was the Grand prize winner of the American Music Teachers League Competition, a first place winner in Piano Teachers Congress Competition of New York and a Solo Gold prize winner of the Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey. In the 2001 and 2000 Yamaha Competition, Jun was the representative for the New Jersey High School Division and received Honorable Mention in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Eastern Divisional Competition. Also, in 2001, she received the Best Accompanist Award at the Festivals of Music choir trip in Boston, was a first place winner in the Steinway Society Scholarship Competition and a winner in the Third Annual Andrew De Grado Piano Competition. Jun was the sole competitor from New Jersey who was chosen to play in the International Festival “Young Virtuosos” Gala Final Concerts, which were held in Carnegie Hall by the Russian-American Music Association in 1999. She won first prize in the Associated Music Teachers League Competition in New York. Jun was the winner of the Manalapan Battleground Symphony Concerto Competition and was seen in concert, performing Chopin’s Concerto in E minor at Rowan University after winning the NJMTA Concerto Competition. In 1998, Jun received the Best Performance Award in the Queens College Cultural Heritage Competition. In addition to Jun’s strong ability in music, she is versatile in her academic pursuits and extracurricular activities. She received a Student Scholarship Award Certificate from the Chinese Institute of Engineers USA/GNYC in 2001 and won the District 8 Audio Essay Competition from VFW of NJ. Jun is the Associate Editor-In-Chief for the school newspaper Hawkeye and a board member of Sex, Etc., which is a New Jersey based nation-wide health newsletter. Her hobbies include visual arts, dance and swimming.

Jun Liu was a winner in the 2002 Fourth Annual Andrew De Grado Piano Competition in the soloist category with her performance of Funerailles by Liszt and Gargoyles by Lowell Liebermann.