Chi-Yuan Lin

Born in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Lin is the second artist named to the Conductor position with the Ryan Opera Center. This season at Lyric she will work on Medea, Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci, Salome, Madama Butterfly, and Carmina Burana, and will also return for another season as Music Director and Conductor of the Avanti Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Lin served on the music staff for Fidelio at Lyric in the 2024/25 Season and then was engaged by Des Moines Metro Opera as associate conductor (The Flying Dutchman). Previous engagements include the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, and Peabody Opera Theatre. Lin was invited to participate in the 2023/24 Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship program, the 2023 Fiskars Summer Festival in Finland, the 2023 Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra Educational Program, and the 2021 Aspen Music Festival Conducting Fellowship program. She received her master’s and bachelor’s degree from National Taiwan Normal University and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in orchestral conducting at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.

Chi-Yuan Lin is sponsored by David Whitney & Juliana Chyu.

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