林勤超 ｜ 指揮

林勤超，1987年出生於台灣台東市，目前任職於德國科布倫茨的萊茵愛樂之助理指揮一職，去年考取德國著名指揮教育系統「指揮論壇(Dirigentenforum)」。自鋼琴和小提琴啟蒙，16歲時遠赴奧地利葛拉茲學習小提琴，由於自幼對管弦樂指揮特別熱愛，跟隨奧地利作曲家兼指揮家Johannes Kern學習管弦樂指揮，隨後考取葛拉茲國立音樂暨表演藝術大學指揮系，師從Martin Sieghart，並破例成為該系當年最年輕的學生。隔年加修歌劇伴奏為第二主修，指導教授為Günter Fruhmann和Wolfgang Bozic。2012年到瑞士蘇黎世音樂學院深造並跟隨著名指揮教育家Johannes Schlaefli學習，隨後並成為助理指揮。除了參與過Kurt Masur, David Zinman, Günther Herbig, Mario Venzago, Kristjan Järvi 和 Marc Albrecht大師班之外，2012年還有機會同時被選上瑞士琉森音樂節舉辦的三位大師Bernard Haitink, Pierre Boulez和Peter Eötvös的大師班，並跟隨大師學習。隨後還被大師Eötvös選為助理指揮，與大師和琉森音樂節現代樂團在2012年的琉森音樂節上同台演出艾伍士第四號交響曲，隔年和大師David Zinman於蘇黎世音樂廳和蘇黎世音樂廳管弦樂團再度共同演出艾伍士第四號交響曲。2010年也曾經擔任大師Günther Herbig與NSO國家交響樂團之代理助理一職。

在歌劇領域方面曾接任多項歌劇演出和鋼琴排練伴奏工作： 奧地利葛拉茲歌劇院新歌劇首演《Opernreigen der Zukunft》、普契尼《波西米亞人》、威爾第《弄臣》； 奧地利Klagenfurt劇院，奧地利作曲家Herbert Willi的新歌劇《Schlafes Bruder》和Claudio Monteverdi歌劇《L’incoronazione di Poppea》；奧地利葛拉茲音樂大學指揮Humperdinck《韓賽爾與葛麗特》，並帶領葛拉茲音樂大學歌劇系遠赴日本橫濱指揮S.Gilbert und Sir Arthur Sulliva輕歌劇《The Mikado》巡迴演出；和教授Martin Sieghart大師於荷蘭Arnhem和Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra擔任莫札特歌劇系列《費加洛的婚禮》和《唐喬望尼》之歌劇伴奏和助理，並於荷蘭阿姆斯特丹皇家大會堂演出擔任歌劇宣敘調大鍵琴手之角色。由於表現其佳，２００９年暑假受Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra之邀參予Arnhem市《Arnhem大橋之戰六十年紀念音樂會》擔任Benjamin Britten《戰爭安魂曲》第二指揮，並獲得極高讚譽；德國邁寧根歌劇院指揮莫札特《魔笛》；捷克特普利采劇院指揮比才《卡門》。
曾經合作過的樂團有：荷蘭Het Gelders Orkest；瑞士Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Lucerne Festival

除了在歌劇領域方面表現傑出外，林勤超也持續在拓寬在交響樂曲目的領域，從古典早期古典到後期浪漫，尤其是在現代音樂方面，除了擔任多部年輕作曲家新作品的首演之外還和出席許多著名現代音樂音樂節的演出。曾經帶領琉森音樂節現代室內樂團於瑞士蘇黎世, 英國倫敦, 美國紐約和中國北京做新作品的世界首演巡迴演出。另外2014暑假將於著名的歐洲瑞士琉森音樂節當中與琉森音樂節現代室內樂團展露頭角，除此之外還會在奧地利Schwaz著名現代音樂節Klangspuren中演出一系列現代音樂作品。

林勤超曾經獲得的獎項有：2014德國萊比錫輕歌劇大賽「觀眾獎」；2011波蘭第五屆魯托斯拉夫斯基國際青年指揮大賽中從43個國家中脫穎而出，獲得第3名，同時得到「評審獎」的額外獎；2010在國立台灣交響樂團所舉辦之指揮大賽中拿下第2名以及額外的「樂團獎」和「最佳國人作品詮釋獎」兩大獎項；

2009受到奧地利第一電台節目Ö1 Talentbörse專訪。

Chin-Chao Lin ｜ Conductor

Born 1987 in Taitung, Taiwan. Currently he serves as Assistant Conductor of Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz in Germany. He is also is currently a member of the prestigious Deutsche Dirigentenforum of the German Music Council. Lin was admitted into the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz, where he majored in conducting under prof. Martin Sieghart. Since Summer 2012 he is transferring to Zürich Hochschule der Künste with Prof. Johannes Schlaefli. He has additionally participated master classes given by Kurt Masur, David Zinman, Günther Herbig, Marc Albrecht, Kristjan Järvi, as well as Bernard Haitink, Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös's master class given as part of Lucerne Festival 2012 in Switzerland. With the approval of Maestro Eötvös, he was appointed to be his co-conductor in the performance of Ives's Fourth Symphony with Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra at the KKL concert hall.

He received numerous prizes and merits including audience Award at Operetta Competition in Musikalische Komödie Leipzig (2014), jury prize and 3rd prize at the 5th Witold Lutoslawski International Contest for Young Conductors in Bialystok (2011); 2nd prize, orchestra prize and Best Performance of Native Composer´s Work at the 1st National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra Competition (2010); semi-finalist at the 11th International Competition for Orchestral Conductors "Antonio Pedrotti" in Trento, Italy (2010). In 2009, he gave his radio interview to the Austrian Radio under the programme Ö1 Talentbörse.

Lin received numerous employments as répétiteur and as assistant position in several projects. Notably, at the Graz Opera, premiere of a contemporary opera Opernreigen der Zukunft, Puccini La Boheme, Verdi Rigoletto in 2008 and at the Klagenfurt Theatre, Herbert Willi Schlafes Bruder and Monteverdi L’incoronazione di  Poppea in 2009. He worked closely as répétiteur, harpsichordist and assistant to prof. Martin Sieghart and the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra for the project/opera of Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni in summer 2009 in Netherlands. He repeated his participation in Arnhem in summer 2009 to the “The Battle of Arnhem 60th Commemoration” by the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, to take the role of second conductor in Britten's War Requiem, and received high appraisal for the performance. Operatic engagements as Conductor have included performances of Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel with university Graz and operetta of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. The same performances presented in Yokohama, Japan; Bizet’s Carmen in Teplice Theater, Czech Republic and Mozart’s Magic Flute in Meinnigen Opera, Germany.

Chin-Chao Lin has performed with such Orchestras as Het Gelders Orkest in Netherlands; Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Musikkollegium Winterthur in Switzerland; Niedersächsische Staatsorchester Hannover, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz, North West German Philharmonic in Germany; Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, Karlsbad Symphony Orchestra in Czech Republic; Białystok Symphonic Orchestra, Kielce Philharmonic  Orchestra, Silesian Philharmonic in Polen; Almaty Philharmonic Orchestra in Kazakhstan, and etc.

In Sommer 2014 He will make his Lucerne Festival Debut with Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble and also in New Musik Festival “Klangspuren” in Schwaz, Austria with Trioler Ensemble.