The Rochester Symphony has chosen Chia-Hsuan Lin from a long list of 66 applicants. She has been associate conductor in Richmond, Virginia, since 2016.
Lin started studying piano in Taiwan, aged three. She is married to horn player James Ferree of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
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To clarify, since the posting’s header refers only to “Rochester,” this is the Rochester Symphony in a small city in Minnesota (best known for the main campus of the world-renowned Mayo Clinic) and not the century-old Rochester Philharmonic in New York.
It’s amazing a small American city like Minnesota has 3 fine orchestras. Los Angeles only has 2 — LA Phil and LA Chamber Orchestra.
Zandonai, Minnesota is a state. Los Angeles is a city. Rochester Symphony in Minnesota is not a full-time orchestra. You have also forgotten the LA Opera. The Los Angeles area has many part-time orchestras on the level of the Rochester Symphony.
Don’t worry about Zandonai, s/he has been saying lot of nonsense here
My bad. I mixed up Minneapolis with Minnesota, a common mistake.
I find it interesting that all these fast-rising Asian female conductors are married to white males… Eun Sun Kim, Elim Chan, and this girl. Any psychologists care to chime in?
Kim’s marriage to the white male must have gotten her the gig with the Berlin Phil last week. Her conducting certainly didn’t.
What I’m saying is… marrying and passing for white allowed them to fasttrack their careers, faster than if they had only relied on their merit or lack thereof.
This happens with other professions and ethnicities not just Asian females.
That is why it is so much harder for male harpists to get ahead.
“… this girl”? Seriously?!
Respect, please.
Which orchestra were you last MD and conductor of? Oh yes, the BMEO (Bathroom Mirror Ego Orchestra) with Karajan as your ‘assistant’…
There’s a distasteful dog whistle for ya…
Re: “I find it interesting that all these fast-rising Asian female conductors are married to white males… Eun Sun Kim, Elim Chan, and this girl. Any psychologists care to chime in?”
I’m not a psychologist, but my wild guess is that they fell in love.
I’ve inquired about the high incidence of Asian woman in general compared to Caucasian. The answer I get as that the Asian culture promotes study and practice at a younger age and more vigorously so many of them are better musicians. I can’t help thinking that they also come from a culture where women are trained to be more compliant too. But I am sure that is just a coincidence.
Their merits are undeniable but irrelevant. They got the gigs BECAUSE they all married well-connected white males in the music business.
Zandonai once asked a travel agent would it be cheaper to fly to Hawaii or to take a train.
My father played in Hollywood studios. That’s where the adults play in LA
Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra.
Good luck to Chia-Hsuan. Jere Lantz was their long standing music director. Hope this will be a successful relationship and take the orchestra further and cultivate new audiences.
To contextualize beyond naming her spouse: She was an acclaimed last-minute replacement for a Tchaik symphony, and she majored in percussion at National Taiwan University.
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) is her alma mater, not NTU…
Fine conductor! Have played many concerts with her and she is ultra-prepared, and very pleasant to work with, and has a clear idea of what she’s interpreting. Rochester did well.