Chiu-Ling Lin is recognized worldwide as an accomplished pianist, dedicated educator, and former Artistic Ambassador for Peru, Argentina, and Brazil. In October 2019, she achieved a significant milestone by being inducted into the Steinway Teachers Hall of Fame, marking the first time Steinway & Sons honored teachers in this manner.

Critics have praised Dr. Lin for her ability to make musical compositions “soar with her joyous and skilled interpretation.” Her talent was showcased when she made her Carnegie Weill Recital Hall debut after winning the East and West Young Artist Auditions. Dr. Lin has performed as a soloist with esteemed orchestras, including the Atlanta Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, Des Moines Symphony, and Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra. Her international appearances in cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago, England, Canada, and throughout the Far East have featured a distinctive blend of music by Chinese and Western composers. Her virtuosity is captured in the CD “Portraits of China.” As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with renowned artists like Marina Piccinini, Marcos Granados, and Ignat Solzhenitsyn.

Dr. Lin received her Bachelor’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and her Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Indiana University. She was the Emeritus Professor of Piano of Drake University in Des Moines, IA where she taught for 37 years before moving to New Jersey.

As an educator, she has prepared scores of students to professional careers in college positions, independent teachers, opera coaches and professional accompanists. She is also in great demand for workshop presentations for piano teachers as well as master classes locally, nationally and internationally. Her workshop topics encompasses a great variety of topic.

Currently, Dr. Lin is the Chamber Music Director and chamber music coach for the Bravura Youth Orchestra, leading groups to major international awards. She has contributed to Keyboard Companion Magazine and records for the FJH Company. Dr. Lin has held leadership roles as past president of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association (NJMTA) and is the recipient of several honors, including the 2014 Foundation Fellow, 2015 NJMTA Teacher of the Year, and the Service Award. She presently serves as Vice President of Student Activities on the NJMTA Board and teaches Graduate Piano Pedagogy at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts. Additionally, she is Co-director of the Piano Pedagogy Summer Institute in Princeton.

She is Bravura Philharmonic’s Chamber Music Director and chamber music coach for the Bravura Youth Orchestra which has led groups to top international awards. She contributed to Keyboard Companion Magazine and records for the FJH Company. She is past president of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association, the recipient of the 2014 Foundation Fellow, 2015 NJMTA Teacher of the Year, Service Award and currently serves NJMTA Board as Vice President of Student Activities. She currently teaches Graduate Piano Pedagogy at Rutgers Univ. Mason Gross of Musical Arts and is the Co-director of the Piano Pedagogy Summer Institute in Princeton.

Award-winning Armenian-American pianist, Kariné Poghosyan, has been praised on the world stage for her “ability to get to the heart of the works she performs.” Since her orchestral debut at the age of fourteen, Kariné has been enchanting concert audiences around the globe, with her masterful artistry and exceptional performances that leave them forever transformed.

Kariné’s most recent concerts include two sold-out recitals at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, the second of which was a CD Release concert of her “Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky” recording on Centaur Records. This recording has since garnered rave reviews, with Gramophone Magazine praising its “masterly textural layering and resounding climaxes,” and the American Record Guide stating that “a more heroic program would be hard to find, and few could play as well as the Armenian-American Poghosyan.”

The renown pianist and WWFM radio host Jed Distler described her performance in the following way, “This is big piano playing, but big in the sense of being in the moment, being present, and totally owning her vitality and imagination.”

Oscar-winning screenwriter Alex Dinelaris said, “Listening to and watching Kariné Poghosyan play fills one with life and energy. The combination of her formidable skill and her unchecked passion is an experience I recommend for anyone who needs to be reminded of the artist and art within themselves.”

Since the very first week of the New York City lockdown, Ms. Poghosyan has launched a weekly livestream mini concert series on her Facebook page, with an entirely new program performed each week for a loyal world-wide following. These series have received coverage from Stephanie Simon of NY1, Rick Rowe of ABC, Katie Couric’s newsletter Wake-up Call, as well as in an article in the Pianist Magazine.

Ms. Poghosyan was recently signed by Navona Records of Parma Recordings and released her third album "Folk Themes", an album of works by Grieg, Coleridge Taylor, and Liszt, in early 2023. In 2022, she also launched a monthly virtual recital concert series on her Patreon titled “Musical Time Travels!” It will include 12 full solo programs from various historical periods in 12 months, with a global audience of patrons tuning in on Zoom. Select upcoming in-person performances include solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Ehrbar Saal in VIenna and the Soraya Performing Arts Center in Northridge, California, as well as concerti performances with Wallingford Symphony and Evanston Symphony Orchestras.