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Taiwanese-American violinist Cho-Liang Lin is lauded the world over for the eloquence of his playing and for the superb musicianship that marks his performances. Renowned for appearances as a soloist with major orchestras, he is also frequently heard in recital and in chamber music. Musical America named Mr. Lin its Instrumentalist of the Year in 2000.
During the past season, Mr. Lin appeared as soloist with the BBC Symphony, Copenhagen Philharmonic, China Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestra of St. Luke's and Fort Worth Symphony. His engagements included a 15-city tour across the United States playing with the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by Yuri Simonov. He participated in the premiere performances of Lalo Schifrin's Letters from Argentina in New York, at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, in Portland at Chamber Music Northwest and in San Diego at La Jolla SummerFest, where he has served for five years as artistic director.
As artistic director of La Jolla SummerFest, the Los Angeles Times stated that Mr. Lin "has put together another bracing and provocative series." An advocate of contemporary composers, Mr. Lin has invited prominent composers to this festival while actively seeking and promoting commissions from these composers. As a solo artist, he has premiered works by Tan Dun, Joel Hoffman, Christopher Rouse, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Elie Siegmeister, Bright Sheng, George Tsontakis, George Walker and Chen Yi. In San Diego and Taipei, he has presented the world premieres of two concertos by the Taiwanese composer Gordon Chin.
The 2005/06 season takes Cho-Liang Lin from the lands of the northern lights to the lands "down under", with the orchestras of Bergen, Helsinki, Sydney and New Zealand - with stops along the way to include performances with the Malaysia Philharmonic and a seven city tour in Japan with Akiko Suwanai and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. In addition to his ongoing chamber music concerts with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, he will tour in duo recitals with Andre-Michel Schub.
Cho-Liang Lin has recorded for Sony Classical, Decca, Ondine and BIS. Some of his albums have won such awards as Gramophone's Record of the Year, as well as two Grammy Award nominations. On Sony Classical, his discography includes standard violin repertoire such as concerti ranging from Mozart to Stravinsky as well as chamber music of Brahms, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Ravel. For Decca, he recorded the Concerto for Violin and Guitar by Aaron Jay Kernis with Sharon Isbin, conductor Hugh Wolff and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. For BIS, he recorded Chen Yi's concerto Folk Dance Suite. His recording of the concerto by Christopher Rouse on Ondine was recently named one of the best classical releases of 2004 by The New York Times. His newest recording project is Vivaldi's Four Seasons with International Sejong Soloists and Anthony Newman for release on Naxos.
Born in Taiwan in 1960, Cho-Liang Lin began his violin lessons when he was 5 years old. At the age of 12, he went to Sydney to continue his musical studies. His early teachers include Sylvia Lee and Robert Pikler. Inspired by an encounter with Itzhak Perlman while in Sydney, he arrived in New York in 1975 to audition for Mr. Perlman's teacher, the late Dorothy DeLay, at The Juilliard School. Within two years of his enrollment, Mr. Lin won the first Queen Sofia Violin Competition in Madrid and his concert career was soon launched. He has been a member of the Juilliard faculty since 1991 and resides in New York with his wife and daughter. His violin is the 1734 Guarneri del Gesù "The Duke of Camposelice."
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