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Curriculum Vitae of Chih-Chiang Lin
As an active conductor, Chih-Chiang Lin is currently the principal conductor of Shanghai Festival Symphony Orchestra and Pastoral Symphony Orchestra, in which he conducts around 30 concerts a year. In addition, he serves as the chief conductor of Shanghai Musicians’ Chamber Orchestra since 2012. He is also a regular guest at many concert halls in China and abroad. Besides regular orchestra repertoire, he is also familiar with many operas. He also speaks Italian and German. That makes him present music well with texts when conducting opera. He cooperates with an opera center in china and conducted many operas by Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini…etc. In addition, he is the principle conductor of Argeles Summer Opera Festival, France.
Conductor Lin was born in Taichung, Taiwan and began his study of piano at the age of 5. He got his B.M. degree in Clarinet Performance from National Taiwan Normal University. He won several clarinet and piano competitions in Taiwan, and he played as a clarinet player in some professional orchestras. Conductor Lin got the double master degree in Orchestral Conducting and Clarinet Performance from Indiana University-Bloomington. He studied clarinet with James Campbell and studied conducting with Thomas Baldner, David Effron, and Arthur Fagen. He also studied Harpsichord with Yonit Kosovske.
His highly talent was quickly recognized, and he is able to conduct mostly without score. He has a clear technique and is always able to generate a lot of enthusiasm and emotion from his players. While in US, Conductor Lin served as adjunct lecturer in Indiana University and teaching conducting courses of undergraduate department.
At the same time, he was the assistant conductor of New Music Ensemble. Mr. Lin also joined many master classes and studied with Leonard Slatkin, Lior Shambadal, Herbert Blomstedt, Jorge Mester, and some world-renowned maestros.
In addition to showing as a conductor in many countries, he also devoted himself to advocating the development of ensemble and chamber music. He often talks to audience about the music during the concerts and teaches youth orchestras in schools. He also wrote several articles about orchestra training on magazines, papers, and websites.