Kevin Shih-Kai Lin,
violinist
Violinist
Shih-Kai Lin was the first prize and audience choice award winner of the
2006 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition; leading to his
debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Hans Graf
and Rebecca Miller. He also won the third prize of the 2009 Schadt
Violin Competition.
In 2007, Mr. Lin represented the Juilliard School with his string trio
in the John F. Kenney Center Conservatory Project Concert Series. He
also made his concerto debut at the Aspen Music Festival with the
Sinfonia Orchestra under the baton of Xian Zhang. In 2008, he performed
the Bach double violin concerto with Cho-Liang Lin in Taiwan.
A fellowship was granted to Mr. Lin from the Aspen Music Festival, 2003
to 2007. Mr. Lin received the scholarship as an “outstanding musician”
from the Chi-Mei Cultural Foundation of Taiwan in 2004, and 2006. The
Young Musical Scholars Foundation also awarded scholarship for his
outstanding musical and academic achievements in 2005.
Mr. Lin has won numerous awards and scholarships including the first
prize in the Quincy Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, second
prize in the Brockton Symphony Concerto Competition and a scholarship
from the Boston Musical Society as a noted young talented musician.
Mr. Lin earned the Advance Certificate with Distinction from The
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in England in 2000. He
won Honorable Mention in the Boston Symphony 2001 Youth Concerto
Competition. He was also the recipient of the Yale Book Award for
outstanding personal character and intellectual promise as well as being
admitted to the fellowship of the Cum Laude Society at Walnut Hill
School of the Arts.
Mr. Lin has given concerts in the U.S. Canada, and Taiwan. As a chamber
musician, Mr. Lin has toured with the International Sejong Soloists and
he has performed in venues such as Alice Tully Hall, the Terrace Theater
at the Kennedy Center, and Jordan Hall. Mr. Lin has coached with Earl
Carlyss, Joseph Kalichstein, Paul Neubauer, Silvia Rosenberg, James
Dunham, and Michael Tree. As an orchestral player, Mr. Lin has served as
the concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra and the assistant
concertmaster of the Aspen Chamber Symphony. Mr. Lin has performed in
the master classes of Gil Shaham, Victor Pikayzen, and Matsuko Ushioda.
Mr. Lin has participated in several prestigious festivals such as the
Aspen Music Festival, the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival, and
the La Jolla SummerFest.
Mr. Lin came to the United States in 1999 to Walnut Hill School of the
Arts in Natick, Massachusetts, where he studied with Marylou Speaker
Churchill. Mr. Lin graduated from Walnut Hill School with high honors
and was the recipient of the Frances B. Lanier award from the New
England Conservatory Preparatory School. Mr. Lin was born in Taiwan and
started his musical studies at the age of four. He holds both the
Bachelor and Master degrees from the Juilliard School under tutelage of
Naoko Tanaka and Cho- Liang Lin. In the Fall of 2010, Mr. Lin will begin
his doctoral studies at the New England Conservatory with Miriam Fried.
(July, 2010) |
Thank you for
your generous contribution to
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
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中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts |
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