Dr. Ihang Lin has worked as the pianist and senior teaching artist at San Francisco Opera Guild since 2022. As the founder of Ensemble Les Six, she performs regularly as a soloist and collaborative pianist with professional musicians from SF Symphony, SF Opera, SF Conservatory of Music and university faculties in California. Since 2020, she has worked at San José State University as a guest pianist.
Dr. Lin has performed Maurice Ravel and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s piano solo works for recitals in Carnegie Hall. She won the special recognition award in 2012 San Antonio international piano competition and 1st prize in 2009 Aaron Richmond Piano Competition. At the age of 18, she made her soloist debut performing Mozart’s complete piano concerto No.21 in C major with Kaohsiung Youth Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan. In 2021, She performed as a soloist for Stephen Hartke’s contemporary piano concerto Ship of State with San José State University Symphony Orchestra and maestro Fred Cohen. As a professional pianist, Dr. Lin has performed in US, Canada, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Taiwan, Switzerland and Italy.
From 2007 to 2009, Dr. Lin was the instructor for one-on-one and group piano lessons at Boston University. She also taught at South Shore Conservatory in Massachusetts and Community School of Music and Arts in California. For summer festivals, Dr. Lin was the piano faculty and collaborative pianist at Ticino Musica Festival in Lugano, Switzerland and International Lyric Academy in Vicenza, Italy. Her extensive experience in opera had also led her to work with Opera San José, Fremont Opera and West Bay Opera.
Dr. Lin holds her Bachelor of Music degree in piano from Taipei National University of the Arts, Master of Music in piano from New England Conservatory, and Doctor of Musical Arts in piano from Boston University.
Dr. Lin is also an avid amateur golfer who participates in tournaments hosted by Northern California Golf Association and has represented Bay View Women’s Golf Club in 2026 as a team member to win the net championship of Santa Clara County’s Team Play Tournaments. For her golf tournaments record, please visit here. During her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling and exploring new concert halls and opera houses around the world.