Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-07-13
Taiwanese composer Lin Chia-ying has won the 2018 Royal Philharmonic
Lin’s piece will premiere in the 2019 Philharmonia’s Music of Today series, at the Royal Festival Hall in London. (CNA photo)
Society (RPS) Composition Prize. She is the first person from Taiwan to earn the recognition from the UK-based RPS in its 70-year history.
Born in 1990, Lin studied composition at Taipei National University of the Arts for her undergraduate program. She later earned a master’s degree in the UK and is currently completing her studies at the prestigious Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music in Rome.
Lin’s compositions began earning top prizes in major competitions in 2015. Her first win was third prize at the First International Jean Sibelius Composition Competition. She has since followed it up with top prizes from competitions in Europe, Asia and the United States.
Lin expressed gratitude for the prize on Thursday. She also announced that she will be writing music for the RPS commission and that her piece will premiere in the 2019 Philharmonia’s Music of Today series, at the Royal Festival Hall in London. [SOURCE]
