Violinist Richard Lin continues to gain international prominence since his Gold Medal prize at the 2018 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Following his June 2022 Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium recital debut, New York Concert Review asserted, “Richard Lin. Remember the name. For he has everything required to take the world by storm.”
Richard’s 2024/25 season includes appearances as soloist with the National Taiwan Symphony, Evergreen Symphony, One Song Orchestra, National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan, Sichuan Symphony, Yamagata Symphony, Phoenix Symphony and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He will also appear in recitals in Poland and throughout the United States, including performances with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Richard has collaborated with numerous orchestras and performed at celebrated concert venues throughout the world including the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under conductor Norichika Iimori at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall. Other orchestras with whom he has worked are the NDR Radiophilharmonie; Indianapolis, North Carolina, Shanghai and Singapore symphonies; Poznań, Łódź, Polish Baltic, Nagoya, Taiwan, and Oklahoma City philharmonics; Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, One Song Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Amadeus Polish Chamber Orchestra, Taipei Chinese Orchestra and the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, among others. He has also appeared at the Summit Music Festival and Music@Menlo. Richard performs regularly with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Richard’s discography includes a new release of his Carnegie Hall recital program with pianist Thomas Hoppe on the Azica label. He also has an album on the Fontec label featuring works for violin and orchestra by Beethoven, Bartók and Brahms with the Sendai Philharmonic and conductor Pascal Verrot. He also recorded the complete Brahms Sonatas for Piano and Violin with his brother, pianist Robert Lin.
In addition to his 2018 Indianapolis win, Richard has amassed a startling collection of top prizes at major international competitions including 1st Prize at the Sendai International Violin Competition; 3rd Prize in the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover; and 2nd Prize at the Singapore and Michael Hill International Violin competitions. A dedicated teacher, Richard is on the faculty of the National Taipei University of Education and is frequently invited to give masterclasses whenever he is on tour.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Taiwan, Richard began his violin studies at the age of four. He gave his public debut at age eleven performing the Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. Richard graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School where he studied with Aaron Rosand and Lewis Kaplan, respectively. He plays on a 2022 Samuel Zygmuntowicz violin made especially for him.