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Jasmine Lin began violin studies at age four. Since then she has appeared
as soloist with orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Illinois
Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Symphony
Orchestra of Brazil, Symphony Orchestra of Uruguay, Evergreen Symphony of
Taiwan, and National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, and in recital in such
cities as Chicago, New York, Nova Scotia, Rio de Janeiro, and Montevideo.
She was a prizewinner in the International Paganini Competition and took
second prize in the International Naumburg Competition. The New York
Times describes her as an "unusually individualistic player" with "electrifying
assertiveness" and "virtuosic abandon". As a chamber musician, Ms. Lin
has been a participant of the Marlboro Music Festival and the Steans Institute
for Young Artists at Ravinia, and has toured extensively in the United States as
part of the Chicago String Quartet, in China as part of the Overseas Musicians,
and in Taiwan as a member of Taiwan Connection Music Festival. She has
been an adjunct faculty member at Northwestern University and DePaul
University and was a faculty member of the Taos School of Music in New
Mexico.
Ms. Lin is a founding and current member of the Formosa Quartet, which won
first prize in the 2006 London International String Quartet Competition. The
Formosa's critically-acclaimed recording of works by Mozart, Debussy, Wolf
and Schubert on the EMI Debut Series was released in January 2006. The
quartet performs in major venues around the world including the Chicago
Cultural Center, the Library of Congress, Caramoor Festival, Cornell
University, Maui Classical Music Festival, Taipei's Novel Hall, BBC In Tune,
and Wigmore Hall.
Ms. Lin is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music. She gave her New York
debut in Merkin Hall, where the program included her poetry set to music. Her
poem "The night of h's" received Editor's Choice Award from the International
Poetry Foundation, and her poetry/music presentations have been featured in
Chicago, at Cornell University in Ithaca, and on radio in Taipei, and have
resulted in collaborations with composers Dana Wilson, David Loeb, and
Thomas Oboe Lee.
In the 1999-2000 season Ms. Lin was Second Assistant Concertmaster of the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her activities with the Formosa
Quartet, she is a member of Trio Voce with cellist Marina Hoover and pianist
Patricia Tao, as well as a member of the Chicago Chamber Musicians, whose
Composer Perspectives series won the ASCAP award for adventuresome
programming. She received a Grammy nomination in 2007 as part of CCM's
Grammy-nominated CD of works for winds and strings by Mozart. She is on
the faculty at Roosevelt University and a proud native of Chicago.
as soloist with orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Illinois
Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Symphony
Orchestra of Brazil, Symphony Orchestra of Uruguay, Evergreen Symphony of
Taiwan, and National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, and in recital in such
cities as Chicago, New York, Nova Scotia, Rio de Janeiro, and Montevideo.
She was a prizewinner in the International Paganini Competition and took
second prize in the International Naumburg Competition. The New York
Times describes her as an "unusually individualistic player" with "electrifying
assertiveness" and "virtuosic abandon". As a chamber musician, Ms. Lin
has been a participant of the Marlboro Music Festival and the Steans Institute
for Young Artists at Ravinia, and has toured extensively in the United States as
part of the Chicago String Quartet, in China as part of the Overseas Musicians,
and in Taiwan as a member of Taiwan Connection Music Festival. She has
been an adjunct faculty member at Northwestern University and DePaul
University and was a faculty member of the Taos School of Music in New
Mexico.
Ms. Lin is a founding and current member of the Formosa Quartet, which won
first prize in the 2006 London International String Quartet Competition. The
Formosa's critically-acclaimed recording of works by Mozart, Debussy, Wolf
and Schubert on the EMI Debut Series was released in January 2006. The
quartet performs in major venues around the world including the Chicago
Cultural Center, the Library of Congress, Caramoor Festival, Cornell
University, Maui Classical Music Festival, Taipei's Novel Hall, BBC In Tune,
and Wigmore Hall.
Ms. Lin is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music. She gave her New York
debut in Merkin Hall, where the program included her poetry set to music. Her
poem "The night of h's" received Editor's Choice Award from the International
Poetry Foundation, and her poetry/music presentations have been featured in
Chicago, at Cornell University in Ithaca, and on radio in Taipei, and have
resulted in collaborations with composers Dana Wilson, David Loeb, and
Thomas Oboe Lee.
In the 1999-2000 season Ms. Lin was Second Assistant Concertmaster of the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her activities with the Formosa
Quartet, she is a member of Trio Voce with cellist Marina Hoover and pianist
Patricia Tao, as well as a member of the Chicago Chamber Musicians, whose
Composer Perspectives series won the ASCAP award for adventuresome
programming. She received a Grammy nomination in 2007 as part of CCM's
Grammy-nominated CD of works for winds and strings by Mozart. She is on
the faculty at Roosevelt University and a proud native of Chicago.
