Visiting Professor of Violin, The Yehudi Menuhin School Qingdao

Tenured Professor of Violin at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

Chinese-American violinist and educator

Cho-Liang Lin is an American-Chinese violinist. He started learning the violin at the age of 5, made his debut performance two years later, and won the championship in the Taiwan Youth Competition at the age of 10. At 12, he went to the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music in Australia to study under Robert Pikler. In 1975, he was admitted to The Juilliard School in the United States and studied under the renowned music educator Dorothy DeLay. While still a student there, he held concerts in collaboration with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn.

In 1977, Cho-Liang Lin won the top prize at the Queen Sofía Competition in Madrid. At the age of 19, he made his debut at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, marking the beginning of his professional performing career. As a soloist, he has performed on the same stage with world-famous orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and has also given chamber music performances with many renowned soloists. In 1981, Cho-Liang Lin became the first musician from Taiwan invited to the Chinese mainland, giving successful performances in Shanghai and Beijing. In 1991, Cho-Liang Lin returned to his alma mater, The Juilliard School, to teach.

In 2000, Cho-Liang Lin was named "Instrumentalist of the Year" by Musical America magazine. In 2007, he was appointed as a tenured professor at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Since 2001, he has served as the music director of the La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest, and since 2012, he has also been the music director of the Hong Kong Chamber Music Festival.