William Sun has just started his postgraduate studies at the University of Auckland, majoring in piano and trumpet.
From the age of four, William learned the piano from his mother until 2020, when he began studying under Rae de Lisle. One year later, he won two classes of the North Shore Performing Arts Society’s competitions and received a third prize from the Margaret Doone Memorial Piano Sonata Scholarship in 2023. He is also honoured to have been awarded the Haydn Staples & Auckland Philharmonia Piano Scholarship Programme in 2025.
William started learning the trumpet at the end of 2018 with Huw Dann and currently plays with the Tian Guo Marching Band and the University of Auckland Symphony Orchestra.
William has completed conducting courses with Jono Palmer and hopes to continue conducting. He has conducted the university’s Auckland Chamber Choir, string chamber orchestra, and symphony orchestra. In his spare time, he loves to explore more about orchestral works from all eras for conducting and teaching.