Steve Lin has performed for audiences throughout the United States, Taiwan, Mexico, and Italy in solo and ensemble engagements. His extensive repertoire spans from the Renaissance to Latin American, and he is also an advocate of contemporary music, active in commissioning new works for the guitar.
A recording artist for VGo Recordings, Steve released his debut CD in 2007,
Eliot Fisk Series Vol. 1 (VG1013), a joint effort with guitarist Joseph Williams II and La Bella Strings. His second CD,
Imagen (VG1015), features the Latin American compositions of Agustín Barrios and Antonio Lauro.
Steve was the first prize winner at the Boston GuitarFest Solo Competition (2006) and the East Carolina University Guitar Competition (2001). He has appeared at festivals such as Yale Guitar Extravaganza, L'Accademia Musicale Chigiana, ChitarraImperia Festival, and Stetson Guitar Workshop.
In 2008, Steve was coached by Helmut Lachenmann’s in preparation for a performance of
'...zwei Gefühle...', Musik mit Leonardo with Stephen Drury and the Callithumpian Consort. He has performed with Boston Microtonal Society’s
NotaRiotous, a chamber ensemble dedicated to promoting microtonal music. He has also appeared at New England Conservatory’s
Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP) and on the
New Gallery Concert Series of Boston, which promotes new music and art. Steve frequently collaborates with composers and has premiered works by David McMullin, Nomi Epstein, Joseph Johnson, Matthew McConnell, and Colin Stack.
In 2005 Steve founded Boston Guitar Project, an outreach initiative and concert series. Through Boston Guitar Project, Steve has brought the guitar before new audiences, serving the community through events such as benefit concerts for disaster relief, afternoon concerts for nursing homes and hospitals, fund raiser concerts for community organizations, and more. In the same year, he became the assistant director of Boston GuitarFest, the premier guitar festival in the New England region.
Steve is currently a doctoral candidate at New England Conservatory studying with Eliot Fisk. He earned his M.M. at Yale School of Music and his B.M. at NEC. His teachers have included Oscar Ghiglia, Lorenzo Micheli, Wei-Ren Chuang, Ronald Purcell, Ronald Borczon and Ben Verdery. At present, Steve is a private guitar instructor in the Boston area. During his free time he enjoys cooking and playing table tennis.
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