Praised by the Chicago Tribune for her ‘convincing bravura’ and named ‘Performing Artist of the Year’ by the South China Morning Post, Sherri Lun has established herself as a rising soloist on the international stage. For her Kings Place recital debut, she presents ‘Metamorphosis’, a programme built around five sets of variations spanning three centuries.

Variations are often thought of as merely displays of technical brilliance, but these works show how much more there is to discover in the form. Sherri Lun‘s Metamorphosis programme was chosen for the way it reveals the creative process, as themes become laboratories of ideas – tested, stretched, fragmented, and illuminated with new colours as they evolve. The grandeur of Bach’s Chaconne re-imagined by Busoni stands alongside Mendelssohn’s inward intensity and Busoni’s virtuosic homage to Chopin.

Gubaidulina’s Chaconne pushes the boundaries of expression, before the journey ends with Brahms’s monumental Handel Variations. Together, these pieces show how simple musical seeds can grow, through true metamorphosis, into a whole world of imagination.

This event will last approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including an interval.

Sherri Lun

Sherri Lun, named ‘2020 Performing Artist of the Year’ by the South China Morning Post, has garnered acclaim for her ‘pinpoint clarity and convincing bravura’ (Chicago Tribune). Born in Hong Kong and currently based in London, Sherri has swiftly established herself as a rising soloist on the international stage.

A 2025/26 Kirckman Artist, Sherri is also supported by the Keyboard Charitable Trust, Lang Lang International Music Foundation, and KNS Classical, with whom she released her first CD album in 2023. Since making her concerto debut at the Ravinia Festival with the Midwest Young Artists at age 10, she has performed in major venues including Wigmore Hall in London, Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, and Millennium Park in Chicago. Having performed extensively across Europe, Asia, and the United States, Sherri’s recent engagements include the Hammerklavier International Piano Series in Spain, the Festival Musicale delle Nazioni in Italy, Steinway Hall London and Vienna, as well as recital tours in Italy and Malaysia. The 2026 season marks her solo debuts at Bridgewater Hall, Wigmore Hall, Brighton Festival, alongside concerto appearances in the UK and Italy. Sherri has collaborated with ensembles such as the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Hong Kong Youth Orchestra, and her performance has been broadcast on Radio Television Hong Kong. In 2025, she was nominated by Dame Imogen Cooper to join the Lieven Piano Foundation.

Sherri captured both First and Audience Prizes at the 2024 Birmingham International Piano Competition and was named a 2025 Royal Over-Seas League award winner, following top prizes at competitions such as the Robert Schumann (Düsseldorf), Zhuhai Mozart, Hong Kong Generation Next Arts, and Steinway & Sons Youth Piano Competition. Most recently, she received the Special Prize from the Mozart Society Munich at the 74th ARD International Music Competition. At the Royal Academy, she won the Sterndale Bennett, Chung Nung Lee, and Harold Craxton Prizes in consecutive years.

Born in 2003, Sherri majored in piano and viola as a junior student of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She continued her studies with Prof. Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with first-class honours, supported by the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme. She is currently pursuing her Master’s as a Leverhulme Scholar, with additional scholarships from the Craxton Memorial Trust, Help Musicians UK Rupert Heggs Award, and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.