Joseph Lin

violin

is an active solo and chamber musician. He has performed at Symphony Hall in Boston, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Wigmore Hall in London, Town Hall in Auckland, and the Salle Cortot in Paris. His regular festival appearances include Marlboro, the Tucson Winter Festival, and the Strings Festival in Steamboat Springs. Mr. Lin was a founding member of the Formosa Quartet, winner of the 2006 London International String Quartet Competition. In 1996, Mr. Lin was awarded First Prize at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts the same year. In 2001, he won First Prize at the inaugural Michael Hill World Violin Competition in New Zealand. His recordings include the music of Korngold and Busoni on the Naxos label, the unaccompanied works of Bach and Ysayë on the N&F label, and the Formosa Quartet's debut CD released by EMI. Mr. Lin began studying the violin at age four with Mary Canberg, continued his studies with Shirley Givens at The Juilliard Pre-College division, and with Lynn Chang in Boston while doing his undergraduate work at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude in 2000. In 2002, he began an extended exploration of China, and in 2004 he spent a year studying Chinese music as a Fulbright scholar in Beijing. Mr. Lin is assistant professor of violin at Cornell University.

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