Rong Sui

Pianist, educator, and scholar specializing in piano performance and pedagogy with extensive experience teaching at university and pre-college levels. Skilled in integrating global pedagogical perspectives, fostering musicianship, and mentoring students in performance, theory, and collaborative music-making. Active performer in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings, with a publication record in Piano Artistry and regular presentations at MTNA conferences.

• The Royal Conservatory of Music Certified Teacher, Elementary Piano, 2024
• Alice Kern Award for Piano Pedagogy, 2023
• James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan, 2018 & 2019
• Marquette Symphony’s Youth Concerto Competition, 1st Prize, 2017

• Walter Rabl and The Quartet in E-flat Major for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano, Piano Artistry, 06/25
• Lili Boulanger’s Trois Morceaux pour Piano, Piano Artistry, 03/25
• Multi-part series on George Crumb, Pierre Boulez, and other composers, Piano Artistry, 2022–2023

• MTNA Collegiate Symposium, 2025, Presenter, Bridging Cultures: Integrating Global Piano Pedagogies
• MTNA National Conference, 2023, Presenter, Culturally Informed Inclusion of Diverse Music in Early Piano Study

Sicily International Piano Festival, Italy, 2020 & 2025, Featured Soloist, University of Michigan Lecture Recital on Chinese composers Gao Weijie & Gao Ping, 2025, Michigan Recording Project, 2023 & 2025, Recorded works by Boulez and contemporary Chinese composers, Founder & pianist, Trio Stella, Performed Beethoven “Ghost” Trio, Brahms Zwei Gesänge, and lesser-known works across Ann Arbor venues., Collaborations with vocalists and instrumentalists on repertoire ranging from Mozart to Walter Rabl., DMA Concerto Performance, 02/26, Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Winner’s Concert with Marquette Symphony Orchestra, 2018, Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2