Professional Concert Violinist | Violin Studio in Singapore
Andrea Lin has been performing professionally for 12 years. She freelances with professional orchestras since 2013.
Andrea has led as Concertmaster/ Assistant Concertmaster and Principal 2nd Violin (Leadership roles) in Symphonic, Ballets, Operas, Film, Game, Anime and Musical Theatre genres with various professional orchestras for 8 years.
She has been invited and performed since their inaugural concerts with Asia Virtuosi since 2017, Metropolitan Festival Orchestra since 2013 and re:Sound Chamber Orchestra since 2016.
She has also performed in Wayfarer Sinfonietta, Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra & SLO Chamber Orchestra, The Philharmonic Orchestra, BASE Entertainment Asia and UnUsUaL Limited productions.
Besides performing in professional orchestras, she was invited to contribute in academia. Andrea was invited as Guest performer along-side/ Mentoring in Orchestral concerts with Institutions; Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music of (NUS), the University of the Arts (UAS) - NAFA. She has also played in the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO) Conducting Seminar in 2023 with Maestro Peter Stark. She was appointed MFO Orchestra Mentor to coach young violinists for the Sing50 concert in 2015.
A recent highlight was having performed in 15 scheduled shows as Violin Dep for touring musicians to Singapore, in the acclaimed musical, 'Miss Saigon' in Singapore leg of the 'Miss Saigon International Tour' at the MBS Sands Theatre (2024). (The musical made its comeback to Singapore 23 years later!)
Andrea is a graduate from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, where she studied 7 years (Young Artist and Bachelor's Degree with Honours in Violin Performance) under full scholarship awarded from the National Arts Council Singapore - Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, under the tutelage of Prof Zuo Jun (Head of Violin Studies) for her major studies.
Andrea was placed on the Dean's List with High Honors, having scored Full GPA Score of CAP 4.0 during her 2nd Year of study with Prof Violaine Melaçon at the Peabody Institute of the John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in the year of 2011.
Her Chamber Music and Orchestra Studies with faculties of both Conservatories include the T'ang Quartet, Professors Maria Lambros, Maestri Hajime Teri Murai and Jason Lai, along with many distinguished esteemed guest professors.
Andrea has been playing the violin for 29 years since a young child.
Violin Teaching -
Besides performing, Andrea is committed to nurturing the next generation of violinists since 2014. She teaches the violin only at her private studio in Serangoon.
Her students have achieved 1st Prizes in the American Protégé International Competition 2019 with Prize Winners’ Recital at Carnegie Hall in New York, USA, Singapore ‘Golden Lion Awards’ International Youth Music Arts Competition 2019 amongst many others, as well as 18 Distinctions at ABRSM Examinations (both Practical and Performance Exams) since 2018 from Grade 2 to Grade 8. They have led their schools’ CCA string ensembles for SYF Arts Presentations and achieved Distinctions. Her students’ trio, C.E.J. Trio was accepted into the chamber music academy programme of the inaugural Singapore Chamber Music Festival 2024.
She has also given Violin Sectionals and Ensemble Technical Workshops at Methodist Girls School (Secondary), Anglo-Chinese (Independent) IB Orchestra and St. Margaret’s Secondary School from 2017 to 2020 and was formerly the Conductor of Nanyang Primary School’s Junior String Ensemble and coached the Senior Ensemble for 5 years where they have achieved Distinctions at the SYF Arts Presentations.
She has coached the North Vista Secondary String Ensemble since 2016 and conducted the ensemble for SYF Arts Presentation in 2019 at the SOTA Concert Hall.
In her earlier days of violin journey, she played as 1st violinist of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO). Her first CD recording experience in the recording studios was with the Braddell Heights Sinfonietta, playing chamber music in 2006. She also participated in the Christofori Violin Competition (Violin Category) in 2001 and was awarded 1st prize. She was a former student of Mr Chua Lik Wuk and Mr K Tan.
Andrea was a volunteer where she visited hospitals and homes with her violin since 2008 to 2020 (pre-pandemic), bringing joy through music to patients. She has also performed with her YST schoolmates at charity fund-raising concerts for the Very Special Arts (Singapore) in 2010 and 2012.
Andrea continues to perform and share her knowledge through teaching at her private violin studio, Andrea Lin Violin Studio in Serangoon, Singapore.
(Bio updated in April 2025.)
