Cellist Jeremy Lin was selected as the winner of the Friends of Music Concerto & Aria Competition and will perform Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107 with the WashU Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday, April 19th at 7:30pm. Additionally, Jeremy will receive a Friends of Music $500 merit award.
Biography:
Jeremy Lin is a first-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences, currently interested in majoring in East Asian Languages and Cultures, with a double major in the Olin Business School. A native of Morristown, NJ, Jeremy began playing cello at the age of 4 and studied under the tutelage of Szu-han Chuang-Tsay. For six consecutive years he was selected by competitive audition to be a member of both the Central Jersey Regional Orchestra and the NJ All-State Orchestra. Additionally, Jeremy played in the Delbarton Abbey Orchestra and became principal cellist in 2019. This past May, he had the opportunity to perform the Haydn Cello Concerto in C Major as a soloist with the Abbey Orchestra. Jeremy now studies with Kenneth Kulosa at Washington University and is a member of the WashU Symphony Orchestra.
