GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Yi-Chen Lin comes from a family of musicians in Taipei, Taiwan. Having moved to Vienna as a child, she was trained and educated there first as a violinist and a pianist, later as conductor; mentored by conductors like Zubin Mehta, Alberto Zedda, Bernard Haitink and David Zinman.
From autumn 2020 until spring 2023, Yi-Chen Lin was Kapellmeister and Musical Assistant to the GMD at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Following her successful and highly acclaimed debut with the new production of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Greek she subsequently appeared in numerous repertoire performances (Carmen, Magic Flute, Fledermaus, Barbiere, Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera).
Recent engagements and debuts include Lyric Opera Chicago (La Cenerentola) and Den Norske Opera (Dialogues des Carmélites) as well as concerts with Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Bochumer Symphoniker, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and Opéra Orchestre National de…
Yi-Chen Lin comes from a family of musicians in Taipei, Taiwan. Having moved to Vienna as a child, she was trained and educated there first as a violinist and a pianist, later as conductor; mentored by conductors like Zubin Mehta, Alberto Zedda, Bernard Haitink and David Zinman.
From autumn 2020 until spring 2023, Yi-Chen Lin was Kapellmeister and Musical Assistant to the GMD at Deutsche Oper Berlin. Following her successful and highly acclaimed debut with the new production of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Greek she subsequently appeared in numerous repertoire performances (Carmen, Magic Flute, Fledermaus, Barbiere, Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera).
Recent engagements and debuts include Lyric Opera Chicago (La Cenerentola) and Den Norske Opera (Dialogues des Carmélites) as well as concerts with Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Bochumer Symphoniker, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier. For the third consecutive year, Yi-Chen also appeared at the 2024 Bregenzer Festspiele – this time with a wildly praised new production of Tancredi.
Upcoming debuts and re-invitations include DSO Berlin, Orchestra Arturo Toscanini Parma, Orchestre National de France, Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bochumer Symphoniker and Essener Philharmoniker, among others. In the operatic area, she will lead a new production of Hansel and Gretel at the Komische Oper Berlin, as well as the revival of Nabucco at Opéra de Toulon.
Yi-Chen Lin made her conducting debut with the RSO Wien in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in 2009. Concert invitations have taken her to Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Germany and Austria, where she has worked as a guest with orchestras such as the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, hr-Sinfonieorchester, SWR Symphonie-orchester, Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, RTVE Madrid, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona, Orquestra Gulbenkian Lisbon, Basque National Orchestra and Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife.
Yi-Chen Lin has received regular invitations to festivals such as the Rossini Festival Pesaro, Italy, the Quincena Musical in San Sebastián and Festival de San Lorenzo, Spain. Her opera engagements include invitations to the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid (Carmen), Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Teatro Principal in Palma de Mallorca (L'Elisir d'amore & Les contes d'Hoffmann) and Ópera de Tenerife (Il viaggio a Reims), Opera Ballett Vlaanderen (L'Heure espagnole), Oper Frankfurt (Der Zar lässt sich fotografieren & Die Kluge) and Staatsoper Stuttgart (Don Giovanni).
The musical direction of Yi-chen Lin had the virtue of focusing with excellence the work and interpretation of the singers. A dazzling work by this young woman, who has managed to elevate the interpretation. A brilliant adaptation of a classic opera by Rossini, considered by many to be one of his most demanding works, as well as his latest in Italian; that has not left the public indifferent. Deserved ovation with which we thanked so exceptional interpretation.