About Feilin Lin
Feilin Lin's School of Piano
Iowa-Illinois Classical Pianists
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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.
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 (student of Stephen Heller, Georges Mathias, and Saint-Saens; former
teacher at The Paris Conservatory 1893-1934; and 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.
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.
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 (student of Stephen Heller, Georges Mathias, and Saint-Saens; former
teacher at The Paris Conservatory 1893-1934; and 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.
| Sonata in F major, K332, 2nd Mvt. Adagio Mozart |
| Prelude in B-flat major, Op.23 No.2 Rachmaninoff |
| Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op.32 No.12 Rachmaninoff |
| Etude-Tableau in E-flat minor, Op.9 No.5 Rachmaninoff |
| A Sampling of Live & Unedited Recital Recordings: |
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 serves 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.
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 serves 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. On May 5, 2010,
Feilin Lin will perform a piano solo recital at Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie Hall, New York City.
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. On May 5, 2010,
Feilin Lin will perform a piano solo recital at Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie Hall, New York City.
| Prelude in G major, Op.32 No.5 Rachmaninoff |
| Feilin Lin: Biography & Lineage |
| Improvisations, Op.20 Bartok |
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