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Joseph Young
is increasingly
recognized as “one
of the most gifted
conductors of his
generation.” In
recent years, he has
made appearances
with the Saint Louis
Symphony, Buffalo
P h i l h a r m o n i c ,
Colorado Symphony,
C h a r l e s t o n
Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Bamberger
Symphoniker, New World Symphony Orchestra,
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfónica do
Porto Casa da Música, and the Orquesta Sinfonica
y Coro de RTVE (Madrid), among others in the
United States and Europe. This season, Young
makes debuts with the Nashville Symphony, Detroit
Symphony, and Florida Orchestra. He also makes
his debut as the Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Artistic
Director of Ensembles at the Peabody Conservatory.
Young served as the assistant conductor of the
Atlanta Symphony, music director of the Atlanta
Symphony Youth Orchestra, resident conductor of
the Phoenix Symphony, and the League of American
Orchestras conducting fellow with the Buffalo
Philharmonic and Baltimore Symphony. He is a
recipient of the 2015 Solti Foundation U.S. Career
Assistance Award for young conductors, an award
he also won in 2008 and 2014. In 2013, he was a
semi-finalist in the Gustav Mahler International
Conducting Competition in Bamberg, Germany. In
2011, he was one out of six conductors featured in
the League of American Orchestras’ prestigious
Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview.
Young earned his bachelor’s degree in music
education at the University of South Carolina, and
completed graduate studies with Gustav Meier and
Markand Thakar at the Peabody Conservatory,
earning an artist’s diploma in conducting. He
has been mentored by many world-renowned
conductors including Jorma Panula, Robert Spano
and Marin Alsop.
Shinya Lin grew up in
a musical family and
began playing the
piano when he was
just three years old.
Since elementary
school, he has
been dreaming
of performing,
which has become
the impetus of
his musical life.
In addition to
performing in concert, he has attended multiple
competitions, where he has received both awards
and generous praise. Lin’s perfect pitch and wellskilled
piano performance are complemented by
his abundant classical knowledge and skills he has
acquired through music education. His interest in
music goes beyond the classical realm into jazz,
and he believes that genre’s unique qualities make
the music even more rich and colorful.
In 2017, Lin participated in the Justine LeBaron
Young Artists Competition, where he was awarded
first prize for senior piano as well as the overall
grand prize.
In January of 2018, Lin received his acceptance
letter to Berklee College of Music.
JOSEPH YOUNG
Guest Conductor
SHINYA LIN
Piano