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Yuebo Sun

Erhu-Solistin

Artistic Career in China

2006–2008 | Early Career and Major Performances

In 2006, Yuebo Sun was invited by renowned Chinese pianist Kong Xiangdong to participate as an erhu soloist in a concert tour. She performed at the Shanghai Grand Theatre and Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, and represented the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra at international events, including the Shanghai International Summit and ASEAN conferences. 
In 2007, she gave a solo recital at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. 
In 2008, she performed in the opera “Thunderstorm ”at the Shanghai International Arts Festival and made her debut at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

2012–2021 | Advanced Studies and International Orchestra Collaborations

In 2012, Yuebo Sun returned to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music to pursue further studies and postgraduate training in traditional Chinese instrumental performance.
In 2013, she was invited to join the Zhejiang Chinese Orchestra as Associate Principal Erhu for European tour.
In 2015, she was once again invited by the Shanghai Opera House to participate in “Thunderstorm ”and performed at the London International Arts Festival. 
In 2018, she was invited to perform as an erhu soloist at the World Culture Summit. 
and at the same year ,she also collaborated with the Suzhou Chinese Orchestra in Liu Yuan’s large-scale work “Marco Polo”, presented at the Second Suzhou Wenhua Award Art Festival. 
In 2019, Yuebo Sun was invited to perform in “The Power of Youth”, a concert featuring erhu and violin with the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra. 
In the same year, she performed with the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra at its 2020 New Year Concert.
In 2021, she toured as a soloist with “Lighthouse”, a commissioned work involving the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra, and the China National Centre for the Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra. As part of the project, she once again collaborated with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and the Qingdao Symphony Orchestra.

Interdisciplinary Art and Contemporary Expression

Beyond her concert performances, Yuebo Sun continues to explore the intersections of music, poetry, and theatre. Since 2005 until 2012,  she has participated in the black-box poetry theatre productions “10,000 Years of Poetry”, “Afternoon of a Faun”, and “21”, created by Wang Yiyan, a renowned Chinese pipa virtuoso and artist.
Her artistic expression combines poetic sensitivity with emotional depth. Rooted in a natural, understated aesthetic, her musical language is both restrained and expressive, infused with a distinctive contemporary lyrical sensibility.

In Germany

Yuebo Sun has been based in Berlin since October 2022, where she continues to develop her artistic practice at the intersection of music and theatre.
From 2024 to 2025, she worked at the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) in Geneva. 
In June 2024, she was invited to perform twice as part of Fête de la Musique Berlin. 
In February 2025, she also participated in a Chinese-French cultural event at the Église Américaine de Paris.

In May 2025, Yuebo Sun joined a new production of “Salome”, directed by the renowned German theatre director Michael Thalheimer. 
Since December 2025, she has been engaged as a live musician for the production at Berlin’s Schaubühne. Her participation marks a distinctive presence for the erhu—a traditional Chinese instrument—on a major European theatre stage, where she integrates live music directly into the dramatic performance.
On 25 October 2026, Yuebo Sun gave an erhu solo concert as part of the Paderewski Festival.

© 2026 by Yuebo Sun. 

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