You-Chiung Lin began playing the piano at the age of five and studied with Juanelva Rose at Tunghai University in her native Taiwan. She then received a full scholarship to study with Piers Lane at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Douglas Finch at the London College of Music & Media. Throughout her studies, she won several awards and appeared in masterclasses with renowned pianists such as Imogen Cooper, John Lill, Artur Pizarro, and Martino Tirimo.

 

You-Chiung Lin enjoys performing as a soloist, accompanist and chamber musician, both on larger stages and in more intimate settings. In addition to giving well-received concerts, she has presented highly acclaimed recitals on various cruise liners. She has performed with several orchestras and has received numerous invitations for further performances.

 

Her recordings include solo works by Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff, an album of rare Romantic pieces for flute and piano with Tiong-Eng Goh, The Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns with the Reading Symphony Orchestra, and a live performance of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with the Bristol Concert Orchestra.

 

You-Chiung Lin is a member of the music faculty at Worksop College and Ranby House in Nottinghamshire.