Native Taiwanese violist Pei-Ling Lin enjoys a fulfilling musical life as a chamber musician, educator, and soloist. Her passion for chamber music and education has brought her to major concert halls and festivals across the nation and abroad.
As a co-founder of the Telegraph Quartet, Ms. Lin was the winner of both the Senior String Division Gold Medal and the Grand Prize at the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and the winner of the Walter Naumberg chamber music competition in 2016. In the past few years, she has collaborated with musicians such as Robert Mann, Paul Katz, Donald Weilerstein, Peter Wiley, Joseph Lin, Leon Fleischer, and Benjamin Beilman. Ms. Lin was part of the Musicians from Marlboro tour in 2015.
A fervent educator, Ms. Lin strongly believes in making connections with students and engaging in music-making in creative ways. Her goal is to challenge students while inspiring deeper love and understanding of the instrument and the music. She has given masterclasses and coachings throughout the nation and abroad, including serving as the viola faculty in Augustana College in South Dakota, chamber music faculty for Yellow Barn Young Artist Program, Festival Napa Valley, Music in the Vineyards, Hidden Valley Chamber Music Workshop, SoCal Chamber Music Workshop, and Center Stage Strings. Ms. Lin has served as collegiate chamber music faculty and pre-college viola faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory for 11 years and has taught at the University of Michigan since 2024.
Ms. Lin attended The Juilliard School for her Bachelor’s of Music under Hsin-Yun Huang. She holds a Master’s of music degree from Rice University, where she studied with James Dunham of the Cleveland Quartet. Ms. Lin also holds an Artist Certificate in Chamber Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, with the guidance of Jodie Levitz, Mark Sokol, Bonnie Hampton, and Ian Swensen.