Cho-Liang Lin

Cho-Liang Lin leads & solos with Detroit Symphony Orchestra

May 13, 2013

Starting this Thursday, May 16, Cho-Liang Lin doubles as soloist and conductor as part of Detroit Symphony Orchestra's 'Neighborhood Concerts' series, leading the ensemble in works by Mozart, Elgar, and Mendelssohn. The four performances, which run from May 16 to May 19, take place in four different venues across the greater Detroit area, including local churches and performing arts centers. Join Lin and the DSO for an extraordinary weekend of music-making in your neighborhood.

Prokofiev with Princeton Symphony Orchestra, masterclass

April 23, 2013

On May 5 Cho-Liang Lin joins the Princeton Symphony Orchestra as soloist in Prokofiev's dazzling Second Violin Concerto conducted by Rossen Milanov. Lin's performance is part of a musical program that spotlights 20^th-century orchestral masterpieces, including the 1919 suite from Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird, Ravel’s Boléro, and Bartók’s suite from The Miraculous Mandarin. Lin's appearance with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra caps off the ensemble's 2012-2013 season.

The day before his solo appearance with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Lin gives a masterclass at 2pm at the Princeton Theological Seminary. Join him for this exceptional event May 4. 

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Intimacy of Creativity project sees world premieres, musician-composer collaborations in Hong Kong

April 22, 2013

Cho-Liang Lin continues his spring activities as Distinguished Guest Artist of composer Bright Sheng's Intimacy of Creativity project, a two-week partnership devoted to promoting a close dialogue between composers and performers. Lin will work with composers as they workshop and eventually perform their compositions at the festival's Preview and World Premiere concerts. On April 26 and May 1, Lin, double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer and the Quartetto di Cremona (artists-in-residence at Rome's Accademia di Santa Cecilia) will be in conversation at RTHK's Studio One.

On April 28, Lin and his musical collaborators will present a World Premiere concert at Hong Kong's City Hall Theatre, featuring the premieres of Dai Bo's Kong Gu You Lan and Bright Sheng's Three Fantasies with pianist Nolan Pearson. The afternoon concert closes out with Dvorak's Piano Quintet. Get all the details here.

A light-hearted moment at La Jolla

April 12, 2013

Cho-Liang Lin took a break last summer from the rhythm of La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest. Check out this light-hearted moment when Jimmy made an appearance with the highly entertaining musical duo Igudesman and Joo. http://bit.ly/JimmyIJ.

Make sure to mark your calendars for this year's SummerFest, which begins on July 31. Get the details here: http://bit.ly/LJMSSF.

Elgar, Schubert, Mozart, and Vivaldi with the Westchester Philharmonic

April 11, 2013

This weekend violinist Cho-Liang Lin will be the featured guest soloist and conductor of the Westchester Philharmonic, leading the New York orchestra in masterpieces by Elgar, Schubert, Mozart, and Vivaldi. The Taiwan born violinist will solo with the orchestra in Schubert’s elegant Polonaise, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and Mozart’s playful Violin Concerto No. 2. Lin then leads the Philharmonic in Elgar’s lush Serenade for string orchestra. Performances take place on April 13 and 14 at Purchase College's Performing Arts Center.

Learn more about the concerts here.