Chien-Kwan Lin

Chien-Kwan Lin (b. 1972, Singapore) is a classical saxophonist and teacher. Since 2002, Lin has served as Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. Lin worked for several years as a jazz violinist, and appeared as an orchestral violinist with groups in the northeastern United States, including the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, the Indian Hill Symphony Orchestra, and ... more

Chien-Kwan Lin (b. 1972, Singapore) is a classical saxophonist and teacher. Since 2002, Lin has served as Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. Lin worked for several years as a jazz violinist, and appeared as an orchestral violinist with groups in the northeastern United States, including the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, the Indian Hill Symphony Orchestra, and the Hanover Chamber Orchestra. Lin has appeared as a saxophone soloist and guest artist with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Eastman Wind Ensemble, New England Conservatory Symphony, U.S. Army Band, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Tanglewood Music Center Festival Orchestra, New World Symphony Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, and the Eastman Philharmonia. Lin has given recitals at the 28th Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium; the 13th World Saxophone Congress; Taiwan's Emerging Artists Series... less