Hoei Lien The

Hoei Lien The started playing violin at the age of three through the Suzuki- method. From 2001 she started studying at the special Young Talent-department from the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. After graduating for her A-levels at Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet, she continued studying at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague.
After obtaining her Bachelor of Music diploma (Hons) “cum laude” in 2012, Hoei Lien got accepted to the prestigious Guildhall School of Music & Drama to study with Jacqueline Ross. For these studies, she received generous support from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Ars Donandi and Stichting Niemeijer. In 2014 Hoei Lien graduated for her Postgraduate Master in Performance. For the academic year 2014/2015 Hoei Lien was selected for the prestigious Guildhall Artists Fellowship. In 2017, Hoei Lien decided to enroll for the academic Master Arts, Culture and Society at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam to develop her skills in music management.

Hoei Lien enjoys a busy career playing in orchestras, different chamber music projects, solo and teaching. She has performed in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland, The United States and Singapore. Hoei Lien has a special interest in combining art forms, so called cross-arts projects. She has recently produced and played Histoire du Soldat by Stravinsky/Ramuz with a full cast for which she received the Guildhall School of Music and Drama coLABorate award 2015. Another cross-arts project Hoei Lien is involved in, is “Salon Musical”, a programme of music and theatre which captures the spirit, elegance and splendour of a 19th century Parisian musical soiree. Hoei Lien also manages and plays in the Silk Street Sinfonia, an unconducted chamber orchestra with a core group of twelve strings. The Silk Street Sinfonia is made up of young international musicians who met in London, many of whom are laureates of international competitions and all of whom enjoy busy careers. They traveled to Lucerne and Zurich in September 2015 for their annual Switzerland tour where they have recorded their debut CD in 2014. In the Swiss tour 2015, Hoei Lien appeared as a soloist playing “Winter” of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. In December 2015 she was invited to play Bruch violin concerto with the Dutch orchestra Sempre Crescendo.
Hoei Lien also plays with the Hulencourt Chamber Soloists, a chamber orchestra based in Belgium. In March 2016, Hoei Lien was invited to fulfill the role as principal 2nd violin with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. A mixed chamber music ensemble Hoei Lien is part of since Spring 2015, is the Ansermet Ensemble. They will premiere "The Watchmaker" by Peter Longworth during their Swiss tour in May 2016.
Hoei Lien has appeared several times on national radio in The Netherlands. Recently she appeared in BBC radio3 "In Tune" with Craig Leon playing tracks live from the album "Bach to Moog". This led to another collaboration with Craig Leon on his composition “Nommos”, a mixture of electronic music, voice and string quartet.
Hoei Lien has played with many renowned artists such as Zakhar Bron, Frans Helmerson, Boris Brovstyn, Candida Thompson and Andras Andorjan.
As an orchestra musician Hoei Lien has worked with many renowned conductors among others, Bernhard Haitink, Valery Gergiev, Lawrence Foster, Antonio Pappano, Edward Gardner, Gianandrea Noseda, Pietari Inkinen, Jaime Martin, Etienne Siebens, Péter Csaba, Jac van Steen, Reinbert de Leeuw and James Gaffigan.

Hoei Lien has won several prizes at various national competitions. In 2002 she was a prize winner of the National Iordens Viooldagen. At the International Gergiev-festival in 2006 she won both the jury and the audience award. In 2007 she was a prize winner of the National Davina van Wely Concours. In 2009 she was a prize winner of the Prinses Christina Concours and Stichting Jong Muziektalent Nederland. Alongside these competitions, Hoei Lien has taken part in many festivals, among which the Apeldoorn International Masterclasses (The Netherlands), Bowdoin Music Festival (USA), Porziano Musica (Italy), Orlando International Chamber music festival (The Netherlands), MusicAlp (France), Aurora Music Festival (Sweden) and Prussia Cove International Masterclasses (UK) and Encuentro de Santander (Spain). Hoei Lien has followed masterclasses with Zakhar Bron, Mihaela Martin, Levon Chilingirian,Hagai Shaham, Philippe Graffin, Gordan Nikolitch, Liana Isakadze, Frederieke Saëys, Rachel Podger, Moshe Hammer, Lars Anders Tomter, Alexander Zemtsov, Gérard Caussé and Frans Helmerson.

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