Cho-Liang Lin
Violinist Cho-Liang Lin, is lauded the world over for the eloquence of his playing and for the superb musicianship that marks his performances. In a concert career spanning the globe for thirty years, he is equally at home with orchestra, in recital, playing chamber music, as in a teaching studio.
Mr. Lin’s recent and upcoming concerts reflect his wide-ranging musical activities. Performing on several continents, he appears as soloist with orchestras such as Dallas Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Houston Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and overseas with the Bergen Philharmonic, Stockholm Philharmonic, New Zealand Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra and Singapore Symphony. An avid chamber musician, the 2009/10 season includes chamber concerts at the Beijing Music Festival, as well as his perennial appearances performing at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As an advocate for music or our time Mr. Lin has enjoyed collaborations and premieres with composers such as Joel Hoffman, John Harbison, Christopher Rouse,, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paul Schoenfield, Bright Sheng, and Joan Tower. Most recently, Mr. Lin presented the European and American premieres of Tangos Concertantes, a concerto by Hollywood icon, Lalo Schifrin. In the 2009/10 season, he will give the world premiere of Tan Dun's Violin Concerto as a part of Carnegie Hall's China Festival.