Chien-Kwan Lin

Chien-Kwan Lin (b. 1972, Singapore) has appeared as soloist and guest artist with the United States Navy Band, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, the New World Symphony, the Portland (ME) Symphony, as well as the philharmonic and chamber orchestras of Boston, Rochester, Sichuan and Thailand.

Dr. Lin’s performances have garnered excellent reviews by critics in New York and Boston. His critically-acclaimed Carnegie Hall recital prompted New York Concert Review to portray him as a performer “who has the passion and restraint and beautiful sense of line to take melody where it wants to go, fully and generously,” while the Boston Globe has lauded him for “displaying chops,” and has described his playing as “polished,” “charismatic,” and “appealing.”

As an internationally saxophone artist and professor, Dr. Lin has been frequent guest at some of the most prestigious conservatories and symposiums across Asia, Europe and North America. Recent appearances by Dr. Lin have included the World Saxophone Congress, North American Saxophone Alliance, Selmer Showroom (Paris), Steinway Hall (NYC), New England Saxophone Symposium, and the U.S. Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium. He has presented master classes across Asia, Europe, and North America.

Chien-Kwan Lin is currently Associate Professor of Saxophone at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.  He is founding director of the renowned saxophone ensemble, the Eastman Saxophone Project (ESP), as well as the recipient of the 2012-2013 Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching.  Dr. Lin is an artist and clinician for Selmer and Vandoren companies, and performs exclusively on these products. He holds degrees from the New England Conservatory (BM, MM) and Eastman (Performer’s Certificate, DMA). His teachers have included Ken Radnofsky and Ramon Ricker.