​​Boston-based pianist April Sun enjoys a multi-faceted musical life as a performer, educator, and arts organizer who values curiosity, sincerity, and fun in her work/play. She relishes making music on keyboards of all kinds and has performed with a broad array of chamber ensembles including The Meadowlark Trio, Phoenix Chamber Orchestra, Arpeggione Ensemble, Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra,​ Newton Baroque,​ Boston Symphony Chamber Players, and A Far Cry.​ April has also served as a Co-Executive Director of Music for Food, organized with Asian Musical Voices of America, presented monthly concerts to elderly neighbors as Artist in Residence ​in Judson​ Park​'s Intergenerational​ Living Program​, taught piano and chamber music at Brookline Music School, ​played sonatas and orchestral reductions for students at New England Conservatory and Boston University, and led music ministry at First Church Somerville.


April holds a doctorate from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received the Bennett Levine Chamber Music Award. Concurrent with her time at CIM, she studied fortepiano in Case Western Reserve University's Historical Performance Practice Program. Her many incredible mentors have included Daniel Shapiro, Anita Pontremoli, Paul Barnes, Kim Kashkashian, Peter Salaff, Hyeyung Yoon, Francesca Brittan, and Susan McClary.​ She has spent summers at Centre D'Arts Orford, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Avaloch Farm Music Residency, Caroga Lake Music Festival, and Valley of the Moon Music Festival. ​


April was born and raised in Bozeman, MT, and kept moving east before settling in MA, where she is surrounded by people and other animals she adores. Away from the piano, she fills her time with stories, bikes, strong beverages, and hikes.