April Lin

April Lin started to learn piano when she was five years old. Introducing music and piano to children is a great passion of April Lin. Her goal is for every child to find the fascination  and joy in playing piano.  She started her studies under a famous professor Zhu Ya Fen.  After graduating from Shen Yang Music Conservatory, she traveled to Texas and continue to pursue a degree in performance piano with Dr. Banowetz at University of North Texas, national ranking 15 in Music Colleges.  Upon receiving her bachelor degree, she came to San Diego to study with Dr. Follingstad at San Diego State University to get her Master’s degree in piano performance.  As she was attending SDSU she won the SDSU Soloist Competition and the chance to perform a concerto piece with the SDSU orchestra. She is a Jury member of the Pacific Star International Competition.