10 Facts About Cho-Liang Lin

1.

Cho-Liang Lin, born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is an American violinist who is renowned for his appearances as a soloist with major orchestras.

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Cho-Liang Lin is a violinist whose career has spanned the globe for more than four decades.

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Cho-Liang Lin's commanding technique and precocious abilities then led him to Juilliard School, where he studied with the eminent Dorothy DeLay, teacher to several renowned soloists such as Itzhak Perlman, Gil Shaham, Midori Goto, et al.

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4.

Cho-Liang Lin made his public debut in New York City at the age of 19, playing Mozart's Violin Concerto No 3 at Avery Fisher Hall.

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5.

Cho-Liang Lin has over twenty recordings to his credit, ranging from the concertos of Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Sibelius, and Prokofiev, to Christopher Rouse and Tan Dun, as well as the chamber music of Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Ravel.

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6.

Cho-Liang Lin's recording partners include Yefim Bronfman, Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas, Isaac Stern and Helen Huang.

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Cho-Liang Lin's recordings have been critically acclaimed, winning several Grammy nominations and The Gramophone's Record of the Year award.

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8.

Cho-Liang Lin has been a member of the Juilliard School faculty since 1991, and, in 2006, he started to teach at Rice University.

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9.

Cho-Liang Lin served as the music director of La Jolla SummerFest in California from 2001 to 2018, and as the music director for Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival since 2011.

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10.

Cho-Liang Lin is featured in the film 4 as the principal violin of the Vivaldi's Autumn in one of the Four Quartets of the Four Seasons.

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