Sunny Xia | Concours de Genève

Sunny Xia

Conducting Candidate 2025

Biography

Place of Birth
Guangzhou (CN)

Place of Residence
Seattle (US)

Studies

  • Cleveland Institute of Music (US), Profs. Carl Topilow, Jan Mark Sloman
  • Arizona State University (US), Profs. Jeffery Meyer, Tito Muñoz

Prizes

  • Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship 2024-2025 (US), Mentee
  • Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music 2022 (US), Conducting Fellowship

Highlights

  • Seattle Symphony Orchestra (US), Associate Conductor, 2023-2026
  • Seattle Opera (US), Assistant Conductor, 2025-2026
  • San Diego Symphony Orchestra (US), Conducting Fellow, 2025-2026
  • Ozark Music Festival (US), Principal Conductor, 2025 

COMPETITION PROGRAMME
 

First Round - Haute École de Musique de Genève Orchestra

  • L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
  • F. Schubert: Symphony No. 5

Second Round - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

  • I. Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
  • P.I. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
  • R. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Semi-Final 1 - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

  • G. Bizet: Symphony in C
  • L. Farrenc: Symphony No. 3
  • F. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 « Scottish »

Semi-Final 2 - Ensemble Contrechamps

  • Ligeti: Kammerkonzert 
  • R. Saunders: Scar

Semi-Final 3 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

  • C. Debussy: La Mer
  • R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (1st movement)
  • R. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1st movement)

Final Round 1 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

  • 3 finalist works from the Composition Competition

Final Round 2 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

  • R. Strauss: Don Juan  
  • ​I. Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite 1919  

Events