Program
Richard Lin, violin
Chih-Yi Chen, piano
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 12, No. 2
L. v. BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827)
Allegro vivace
Andante, più tosto allegretto
Allegro piacevole
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Allegro molto
Andante
Scherzo: Allegro vivo
Finale: Allegro quasi presto
Four Souvenirs
PAUL SCHOENFIELD (1947 - 2024)
Samba
Tango
Tin Pan Alley
Square Dance
INTERMISSION
Romance, Op. 23
AMY BEACH (1867 - 1944)
Spanish Dances, Op. 22, No. 1 Romanza Andaluza
PABLO DE SARASATE (1844 - 1908)
Nocturne and Tarantella Op. 28
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI (1882 - 1937)
Richard Lin
Taiwanese-American 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 2023/24 season includes appearances as Guest Concertmaster, soloist and chamber artist with the esteemed National Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan and Japan. He will also appear in recitals throughout the United States, including performances with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center as a member of the Bowers Program.
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, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Amadeus Polish Chamber Orchestra, and the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, among others. He has also appeared at the Summit Music Festival and Music@Menlo.
Richard’s discography includes 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 has also released the complete Brahms Sonatas for Piano and Violin with his brother, pianist Robert Lin. In Summer 2023, Richard will release a new album with pianist Thomas Hoppe on the Azica label featuring his Carnegie Hall program with works by Vitali, R. Strauss, John Corigliano and Frolov.
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.
Chih-Yi Chen, piano
Pianist Chih-Yi Chen has been on the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music since 2003 and has been part of the Chamber and Collaborative Music Department since its inaugural year, 2016-2017. Dr. Chen is also on the faculty of the Indiana University Summer String Academy. Her versatile qualities as a collaborative partner, chamber musician, soloist and teacher have contributed to a distinguished career, nationally and internationally.
Dr. Chen has been performing with International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Laureates since 2003 including 2018 Gold Medalist Richard Lin. She was an official pianist for the 9th and 10th Quadrennial Competitions and was awarded special recognition at the 2018 Competition for “Best Performances” of the Beethoven and Mozart sonatas. Her early work with the talented young violinists of the Indiana University Violin Virtuosi directed by renowned pedagogue Mimi Zweig led to performances in France, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Japan and throughout the United States.
Among the numerous musicians with whom she has collaborated are violinists Noah Bendix-Balgley, Jaime Laredo, Andrés Cárdenes, David Chan, Barnabás Kelemen, Simone Lamsma, Nai-Yuan Hu, Liviu Prunaru, Mihaela Martin, Augustin Hadelich, Clara-Jumi Kang, Soovin Kim, Susie Park, Luke Hsu and Svetlin Roussev, violists Atar Arad, Brian Chen and Masumi Per Rostad, cellists Sharon Robinson, Peter Stumpf and Bion Tsang, clarinetists James Campbell and Howard Klug, bassoonist William Ludwig and flutist Thomas Robertello. She has also performed with the Michelangelo, Pacifica, Rubens and Verona string quartets.
She has served as an adjudicator for competitions including the National Society of Arts and Letters Instrumental Competitions.
Born in Taipei, Dr. Chen received her Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees from Indiana University where she studied with Lev Vlasenko, and with Luba Edlina-Dubinsky, pianist of the Borodin Trio.