Ken Lin

Violinist Ken Lin enjoys a career in performing as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra player. Being the top prize winner of the National Violin competition of Taiwan at age of 12, Mr. Lin had already been performing as soloist across the country in early age. Mr. Lin holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin performance with distinction from the University of Victoria, also Master of Music and Professional studies diploma in Violin performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Being a distinguished scholarship student from both music institutes, Mr. Lin has served as Concertmaster and was the winner of the Concerto competitions, which led him to appear as soloist with orchestras. As a full scholarship recipient from the Quartet Festival in Waterloo, Aspen Music festival, and the Mendocino music festival, Mr. Lin has studied with Sharon Stanis, Ian Swensen, Henryk Kowalski and has collaborated with renown artists such as Robert Mann, Gilbert Kalish, and Martha Katz. He has also appeared in the master class of Charles Castleman, Mauricio Fuks, members of Juilliard, Cleveland, Lafayette, and Penderecki string quartet. After graduating from the conservatory, Mr. Lin has performed with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, California Symphony, Marin Symphony, and Santa Cruz Symphony. In 2005, he was invited to perform an exclusive concert for the former President of Taiwan, Den Huei Lee, and conducted Master classes through Taiwan, Korea, and USA. As founder of the acclaimed KAS piano trio, he has toured Asia and North America in 2007 with a 1713 “Wirth” Stradivarius Violin sponsored by Chi-mei fine art Ltd, and the trio’s performances were featured in major radio stations in Asia. From 2008- present, Mr. Lin has devoted himself to teaching young talents, and at the same time giving numerous concerts in California and Vancouver, Canada. As a violinist of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra since 2012, Mr. Lin performs regularly with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and stays very active performing solo concerts throughout the years. 小提琴家Ken Lin 在獨奏，室內音樂家和管弦樂隊演奏家中都有著豐富的演藝生涯。他在12歲時獲得台灣國家小提琴比賽冠軍。林先生擁有維多利亞大學的小提琴演奏音樂學士學位，並獲得了舊金山音樂學院的小提琴演奏碩士和演奏家文憑學位。作為來自兩家音樂學院的傑出獎學金學生，林先生都曾擔任過樂團首席，並曾獲得協奏曲比賽冠軍，因此成為與許多管弦樂隊合作的獨奏家。作為來自滑鐵盧四重奏節，Aspen音樂節和門多西諾音樂節的全額獎學金獲得者，林先生曾師於Sharon Stanis, Henryk Kowalski, 及Ian Swensen，並與著名藝術家如Robert Mann，Menahem Pressler, Gilbert Kalish,Martha Katz 和 Menahem Pressler 同台演出。他也曾出現在Charles Castleman，Mauricio Fuks，Juilliard，Cleveland，Lafayette和Penderecki弦樂四重奏的大師班。於學校畢業後，林先生曾與舊金山芭蕾交響樂團，加州交響樂團，Marine 交響樂團和Santa Cruz 交響樂團合作演出。 2005年，他受邀為台灣前總統李登輝演出特別音樂會，並通過台灣，韓國和美國舉辦了大師班。作為備受讚譽的KAS鋼琴三重奏組的創始人，他於2007年以Chi-mei美術有限公司贊助的1713年“Wirth”Stradivarius小提琴巡迴亞洲和北美，三人的表演在亞洲許多主要電台播出。從2008年至今，林先生一直致力於教授年輕人才，同時在加拿大加州和溫哥華舉辦多場音樂會。作為溫哥華歌劇院管弦樂團的小提琴手，林先生還定期與溫哥華交響樂團合作演出。最近的演出包括與Cambrian 交響樂團獨奏柴可夫斯基小提琴協奏曲，以及2019 暑假於韓國舉行的個人獨奏會。