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After winning The Taiwan National Young Artists Competition at 14, Feilin Lin was awarded a multi-year full scholarship to
study at the renown Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst (The Academy of Music and Fine Arts) in Vienna,
Austria. In Vienna, Feilin Lin studied with Noel Flores (who had studied with concert pianist-conductor Hans Graf,
distinguished pianist-pedagogue Dieter Weber, and Julia Parodi: a disciple of the legendary Italian piano virtuoso and
composer, Ferruccio Busoni). After winning several international prizes, including the Geneva International Piano
Competition, Flores was offered a chair as full professor at the University of Music in Vienna. An accomplished pianist and
world-renowned piano teacher, Flores is a frequent judge at the most prestigious international piano competitions, including
Leeds, Vienna, Tel-Aviv (Rubinstein Competition), and Leipzig (Bach Competition), and holds regular master-classes in
Austria, United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Japan, and Korea.
In America, Feilin Lin subsequently studied over a decade with Leventritt and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium International
Piano Competitions finalist and prizewinner, Kenneth Amada, first as a DMA candidate, then later as his sole piano protege
upon his retirement. Amada had studied under the legendary pianist and Curtis Institute teacher, Moritz Rosenthal (a student
of Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, and Karol Mikuli, Frederic Chopin’s piano disciple), the pianist-composer Isidor Phillip
teacher of the Brazilian pianist, Guiomar Novaes), the legendary piano teacher Edward Steuermann (a student of Ferruccio
Busoni, and teacher of pianist Alfred Brendl), Paolo Gallico (a noted pianist, editor of Tausig and Liszt transcriptions, and
teacher), Lyjia Berenjinska (a student of Walter Gieseking, the foremost pianist of his generation famous for his superlative
piano technique and teaching methods), pianist-composer Abram Chasins (a student of Josef Hofmann: disciple of the
famed pianist-composer Anton Rubinstein, and the pianist-composer Sergei Rachmaninoff considered the greatest of the
20th Century), and the pianist-teacher Constance Keene (winner of the 1943 Naumburg International Piano Competition, and
the piano mentor the world-renown pianist, Artur Rubinstein, chose to teach his own children). Amada also took numerous
piano lessons with legendary pianists Claudi Arrau, Gina Bachauer, and Rudolf Serkin.
Since founding Feilin Lin's Piano Studio in 2004 and Feilin Lin's School of Piano in 2008, Feilin Lin's students have won all
three categories at the PMTA Music Festival and Competition, dozens of IMTA District and State Piano Auditions, multiple
MTNA State Piano Competitions, both divisions at the Sixteenth Annual Young Artists Piano Competition, the Chopin Youth
Piano Competition, the Seattle International Piano Competition, the Central Iowa Symphony's 2010 Young Artist's
Competition, and other distinguished prizes and awards. Feilin Lin's students have also appeared on National Public Radio
("From the Top"), studied and performed at the Aspen Summer Festival and School, and have performed concerto with the
Central Iowa Symphony.
study at the renown Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst (The Academy of Music and Fine Arts) in Vienna,
Austria. In Vienna, Feilin Lin studied with Noel Flores (who had studied with concert pianist-conductor Hans Graf,
distinguished pianist-pedagogue Dieter Weber, and Julia Parodi: a disciple of the legendary Italian piano virtuoso and
composer, Ferruccio Busoni). After winning several international prizes, including the Geneva International Piano
Competition, Flores was offered a chair as full professor at the University of Music in Vienna. An accomplished pianist and
world-renowned piano teacher, Flores is a frequent judge at the most prestigious international piano competitions, including
Leeds, Vienna, Tel-Aviv (Rubinstein Competition), and Leipzig (Bach Competition), and holds regular master-classes in
Austria, United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Japan, and Korea.
In America, Feilin Lin subsequently studied over a decade with Leventritt and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium International
Piano Competitions finalist and prizewinner, Kenneth Amada, first as a DMA candidate, then later as his sole piano protege
upon his retirement. Amada had studied under the legendary pianist and Curtis Institute teacher, Moritz Rosenthal (a student
of Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, and Karol Mikuli, Frederic Chopin’s piano disciple), the pianist-composer Isidor Phillip
teacher of the Brazilian pianist, Guiomar Novaes), the legendary piano teacher Edward Steuermann (a student of Ferruccio
Busoni, and teacher of pianist Alfred Brendl), Paolo Gallico (a noted pianist, editor of Tausig and Liszt transcriptions, and
teacher), Lyjia Berenjinska (a student of Walter Gieseking, the foremost pianist of his generation famous for his superlative
piano technique and teaching methods), pianist-composer Abram Chasins (a student of Josef Hofmann: disciple of the
famed pianist-composer Anton Rubinstein, and the pianist-composer Sergei Rachmaninoff considered the greatest of the
20th Century), and the pianist-teacher Constance Keene (winner of the 1943 Naumburg International Piano Competition, and
the piano mentor the world-renown pianist, Artur Rubinstein, chose to teach his own children). Amada also took numerous
piano lessons with legendary pianists Claudi Arrau, Gina Bachauer, and Rudolf Serkin.
Since founding Feilin Lin's Piano Studio in 2004 and Feilin Lin's School of Piano in 2008, Feilin Lin's students have won all
three categories at the PMTA Music Festival and Competition, dozens of IMTA District and State Piano Auditions, multiple
MTNA State Piano Competitions, both divisions at the Sixteenth Annual Young Artists Piano Competition, the Chopin Youth
Piano Competition, the Seattle International Piano Competition, the Central Iowa Symphony's 2010 Young Artist's
Competition, and other distinguished prizes and awards. Feilin Lin's students have also appeared on National Public Radio
("From the Top"), studied and performed at the Aspen Summer Festival and School, and have performed concerto with the
Central Iowa Symphony.
Prior to founding Feilin Lin’s Piano Studio in 2004, and Feilin Lin's School of
Piano in 2008, Feilin Lin taught for several years as a piano faculty member at
Luther and Wartburg Colleges in Iowa, as well as Nan-Men Music Conservatory in
Taiwan. In addition to her contribution as a devoted piano mentor, she served
the Iowa music community as the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Chair of the Iowa
City District of the Iowa Music Teachers Association (IMTA) Piano Auditions.
Piano in 2008, Feilin Lin taught for several years as a piano faculty member at
Luther and Wartburg Colleges in Iowa, as well as Nan-Men Music Conservatory in
Taiwan. In addition to her contribution as a devoted piano mentor, she served
the Iowa music community as the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Chair of the Iowa
City District of the Iowa Music Teachers Association (IMTA) Piano Auditions.
In solo and concerto recitals, Feilin Lin has performed widely throughout
Taiwan, Austria, Italy, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the United States. A
highly versatile pianist of superlative musical and technical maturity, Feilin Lin
has enjoyed performing many of the most important works in the Baroque,
Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, and Contemporary piano repertoire.
Taiwan, Austria, Italy, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the United States. A
highly versatile pianist of superlative musical and technical maturity, Feilin Lin
has enjoyed performing many of the most important works in the Baroque,
Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, and Contemporary piano repertoire.
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Daughter of a piano conservatory teacher in Taiwan, Feilin Lin began piano
studies with her mother as a toddler. At the age of ten, she joined the piano
studio of the famed teacher and former Minister of Culture of Taiwan, Yu-Shiu
Chen. Chen was a student of Oliver Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory, and is
universally esteemed by colleagues and students as Taiwan's foremost piano
teacher.
studies with her mother as a toddler. At the age of ten, she joined the piano
studio of the famed teacher and former Minister of Culture of Taiwan, Yu-Shiu
Chen. Chen was a student of Oliver Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory, and is
universally esteemed by colleagues and students as Taiwan's foremost piano
teacher.