Cho-Liang Lin
Cho-Liang Lin (born January 29, 1960 in Hsinchu ) is an American violinist of Taiwanese origin.
Life
The son of a nuclear physicist began his violin training at the age of five. At the age of twelve he went to Australia, where he studied for three years in Sydney with Robert Pikler . After that, he was at the Juilliard School of Music student of Dorothy DeLay . In 1979 he made his debut at New York's Avery Fisher Hall . He made his European debut in 1981 under André Previn in London .
Then his international career began; he played with practically all major orchestras in the USA, Europe and the Far East. Lin teaches at the Juilliard School of Music and has been a member of the American Chamber Music Society since 1995 . In 1997 he founded the Taipei International Music Festival , the most important classical music festival in Taiwan. Musical America named him Instrumentalist of the Year in 2000; twice he was nominated for a Grammy .
Lin is particularly committed to contemporary music and has premiered works by the composers Tan Dun , Christopher Rouse and Esa-Pekka Salonen .
Discography (selection)
- Johannes Brahms : String Sextets Op. 18 and 36
- Aaron Jay Kernis : Air / Double Concerto / Lament & Prayer
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Greatest Hits
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante, Concertone
- Jean-Joseph Mouret , Jeremiah Clarke and others a .: Gabriel's Garden
- Camille Saint-Saëns : Concertos
- Franz Schubert , Luigi Boccherini : Quintets
- Jean Sibelius , Carl Nielsen : Violin Concertos
- Igor Stravinsky , Sergei Prokofjew : Violin Concertos
- Tan Dun : Death and Fire
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky , Anton Arensky : Piano Trios
- Carl Maria von Weber : Chamber Music
Web links
- Official website
- Artist Profile: Cho-Liang Lin chambermusicinternational.org
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lin, Cho-Liang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hsinchu |