New Zealand pianist Tony Chen Lin performs regularly in New Zealand, Asia and Europe. His debut album “Digressions”, released in 2018 to critical acclaim, reached number one on the New Zealand Classical Chart.
After years of training in New Zealand, he began performing in concerts at the age of 14. He has won numerous performance prizes.
After obtaining his Bachelor of Music in Piano and Composition with Peter Nagy and Ping Gao at Canterbury University in 2009, he moved to Europe and obtained his Master of Music and Soloist Diploma with distinction at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany. Along the way, he has benefited from the mentorship of pianists Edith Fischer, Balazs Szokolay and Andras Kemenes.
His 14-concert tour of New Zealand received rave reviews in the press. As part of the “Rising Stars” program, he was invited to appear as soloist with the Stuttgart State Orchestra.
A passionate chamber musician, Tony Chen Lin works with a variety of instruments and has played with renowned groups such as the Quatuor Sine Nomine. He regularly performs in a polo-piano duet with his duet partner, Balázs Dolfin.
He currently resides in Budapest and performs regularly throughout Europe with his cello and piano duo, the “Dolfin-Lin Duo”, which he founded in 2022 with his chamber music partner, Balázs Dolfin.