Piano
Great impact, not only with her exceptional virtuosity, but also with her ability
to capture the intent of the
composer" ... "great sense of style - emotional strength - impressive quality in performance..."
This is how composers and critics described Chiu-Ling Lin - internationally
renowned pianist and educator - after her tour as the
United States
Information Agency's Artistic Ambassador to Latin America. An energetic
and passionate performer, Dr. Lin plays before
enthusiastic audiences
around the world. Dr. Lin made her Carnegie Recital Hall debut as the winner
of the East and West Young Artist
Auditions. She has soloed with fourteen
orchestras, including the Atlanta Symphony, the Chicago Civic Orchestra,
the Singapore Symphony,
and the Des Moines Symphony. Appearances in
New York, Boston, Chicago, England, Canada and throughout the Far East
have featured Dr. Lin's
unique mix of music by Chinese and Western
composers. Her virtuosity is showcased in a new CD, "Portraits of China."
As an acclaimed chamber artist, critics call Dr. Lin's ensemble playing "a richly
emotional experience for the
audience ... including beauty, power, energy and excitement - as well as a complete unity
of musical and
emotional intention..." She has collaborated with world-renowned artists such as Marina Piccinini,
Marcos
Granados and Ignat Solzhenitsyn. Dr. Lin is a committed educator who received her bachelor's degree from
New England Conservatory of Music and her master's and doctoral degrees from Indiana University. Her 30
years
of college teaching experience include positions as Chair of the Music Department and Professor of
Piano at Drake University in
Des Moines, IA and Artist-in-Residence at Indiana University at South Bend.
At Drake, she recruited scores of exceptional students, many
of whom have succeeded in professional music
careers.
Dr. Lin is a residence of West Windsor. She is the President of the Bravura
Philharmonic Orchestra Board, and
is the President-Elect of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association.
Chiu-Tze Lin- Conductor/Music Director
Chiu-Tze Lin, Music Director and Conductor, is a versatile and multifaceted
musician - conductor, pianist, and
teacher. Ms. Lin served as the music director and conductor of the Manalapan Battleground
Symphony for seven
years. Under her baton, the symphony received the 2004 Victor Grossinger
Award
for Innovative Programming. Chiu-Tze Lin started conducting at the age of eleven.
Her past experience includes conducting the
AT&T Bell Labs Sinfonia in Holmdel
and the Woodland Ensemble. As the music director of the Princeton Presbyterian
Church, she had developed
a program that included a chamber orchestra which
performed weekly. She has also directed choirs and orchestras in major oratorios
in
the Greater Princeton area.
Ms. Lin was selected as a “Hottest Artist in New Jersey” in 2001 by the Asbury Park
Press.
As a concert pianist, Ms. Lin has been acclaimed by the New York Times for
her “strong technique, a hearty tone that
sounded big and unforced [which] provides the greatest musical pleasure.”
She is a Steinway Artist who has performed
in Asia, Europe, and across the United States. Ms. Lin has appeared
as a touring soloist with the Chicago Symphony,
and was a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony. Her second CD
featuring works of J. S. Bach for solo piano has been
described by New York Concert Review magazine as a "most
satisfying performance .... with eloquence and sensitivity."
This recording has also been selected by the Bravo
Baroque organization as a recommended keyboard CD. Her recordings have been
broadcast from stations across
the country.
Ms. Lin was the director and a faculty member of the 2004 Beijing Music Festival,
the first international summer
music festival sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Culture for international exchange.
This past summer, Ms. Lin
was the music director of the Northeastern American Arts Troupe for the International Shanghai Arts
Festival the
summer of 2007. She conducted the Shanghai Musicians Chamber Orchestra at the Sino-American Cultural
Exchange
concert in the prestigious Shanghai Grand Theatre. It was broadcast on CCTV-9, the Chinese Central
Television English Channel,
which transmitted the program across China and around the world.