Lucia Lin

violin
nolanarts@fuse.net

Lucia Lin has established herself as a violinist of elegance and passion, appearing with such ensembles as the Boston Pops Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the Oklahoma Symphony, the Festivalorchester in Graz, Austria, and the Moscow State Orchestra. Ms. Lin made her debut at age 11 performing the Mendelssohn Concerto with the Chicago Symphony. A prizewinner at the 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, Ms. Lin made her New York debut at Weill Recital Hall in March 1991. She is the newest member of the Muir String Quartet, and a founding member of the chamber group Innuendo. She has performed at the Sapporo Music Festival, the Taos Chamber Music Festival, the Da Camera Society in Houston, the St. Barts Music Festival, and the Barbican Hall Chamber Series in London. She has also served as Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (1991-92), the London Symphony Orchestra (1994-96), and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1988-91 and 1996-98. )

REPERTOIRE HIGHLIGHTS: Concerti by Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Bernstein, Bolcom, Brahms, Bruch, Dvorak, Kabalevsky, Korngold, Lalo, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Paganini, Prokofiev, Saint-Saens, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Vieuxtemps, and Wieniawski. Also Beethoven Romances in G Major, Op. 40, and F Major, Op. 50, Bloch’s Nigun, Chausson’s Poeme, Ravel’s Tzigane, and works by Sarasate, Tchaikovsky and John Williams.

RECORDINGS: Ms. Lin has recorded for Nonesuch Records as a guest of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, for New World Records on a disc featuring the works of Bright Sheng, and for Parjomusic as a member of the Boston Trio, of which she was a founding member.

EDUCATION: A native of Champaign, Illinois, Ms. Lin received her bachelor’s degree at the University of Illinois and her master’s of music at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Important musical influences include Sergiu Luca, Paul Rolland, Josef Gingold, Dorothy DeLay, and Louis Krasner.

CRITICS’ BUZZ: “Lin met every technical demand with remarkable assurance and played the melodies with sweetness of feeling.”
The Boston Globe

“Lin....proved to be a mature artist with a beautiful tone and a secure technique. Her style was relaxed and confident; her violin seemed an extension of her body....Her playing had a genuine, fresh quality not often heard.”
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Lin…was passionate and graceful during her solos; her fingerwork at times was jawdropping fast, yet perfectly precise. Everything about the notes she played—the way in which they pierced the air and rose above the orchestra –was perfect.
The (Indiana) Star Press

“..an intensely beautiful (performance), yet simple and unaffected.”
The Milwaukee Journal

“Lin dazzled in rapid passage work and she excelled in playing harmonics in the highest octaves.”
The Urbana News-Gazette

“Lin handled the bow-busting cadenzas, double and triple bowings and tricky cross rhythms with ease. She also displayed a beautiful, singing legato which did justice to the grave and elegant adagio. Lin handled the finale’s difficult octave leaps with a panache that brought the audience to fever pitch.”
O & E, Birmingham, MI

“Lin dispatched the brilliant violinistic flourishes with impressive aplomb and virtuosity.”
The Houston