Joseph Lin, violin

An active solo and chamber musician, Joseph Lin’s performances this past year have taken him to Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the National Concert Hall in Taipei, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. He has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Sapporo Symphony, the Taiwan National Symphony, the Auckland Philharmonia, and the Ukraine National Philharmonic. His regular festival appearances include Marlboro, the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and the Tucson Winter Festival.  

In 2011, Joseph Lin joined the renowned Juilliard String Quartet as the ensemble’s new first violinist. Along with the Quartet’s extensive performing schedule, Mr. Lin teaches violin and chamber music as a faculty member of the Juilliard School.  

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 1999, he was selected for the Pro Musicis International Award, and 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.  

Joseph Lin's violin teachers have included Mary Canberg, Shirley Givens, and Lynn Chang. Mr. Lin graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 2000. In 2002, he began an extended exploration of China, spending 2004 studying Chinese music in Beijing as a Fulbright Scholar. From 2007 to 2011, Joseph was an assistant professor at Cornell University. There, Joseph organized the inaugural Chinese Musicians Residency in April 2009. In 2009-2010, Joseph led a project with Cornell composers to study the violin Sonatas and Partitas of Bach, and to create new music inspired by Bach. This culminated in a series of concerts premiering the new works alongside Bach's Sonatas and Partitas.