Founded in 1957, the Richmond Symphony is the largest performing
arts organization in Central Virginia. The organization includes an
orchestra of more than 70 professional musicians, the 150-voice
Richmond Symphony Chorus and more than 260 students in the Richmond
Symphony Youth Orchestra programs. This concert is supported
in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National
Endowment for the Arts.Chia-Hauan Lin is hailed by the Virginia Gazette as
"a rock solid" and "animated" conductor. Lin delights
audiences throughout the world with her trademark energy and command. Formerly
the Assistant Conductor of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, she is in her fifth year
as Associate Conductor of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and was recently
named the Interim Music Director of the Contemporary Youth Orchestra of Cleveland. Lin
enjoys frequent guest appearances around the world. She made her Minnesota Orchestra
debut in 2020, and has also led the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Virginia Symphony,
Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Williamsburg Symphony, Richmond Ballet, and Peninsula Music
Festival Orchestra. In praise of her Brahms Fourth Symphony with RSO, Clarke Bustard wrote,
"I’ve never heard a more compelling live performance than this one." (Letter V)
With a streak for innovation stemming from her work as a former member of the Taipei
Percussion Group, Lin has premiered new works by Stephen Prutsman and Laura Schwendinger,
and has also been a featured guest with Classical Revolution RVA, bringing classical music
to unconventional settings. Lin is a trained percussionist and holds a Doctorate in Orchestral
Conducting from Northwestern University.
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