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Known for his creative programming and inviting stage presence, Wilbur Lin’s career has taken him to symphony halls and opera theaters across the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Taiwan. Currently the Music Director of the Missouri Symphony, Lin was also recently promoted to associated conductor of the Colorado Symphony.

Lin’s 2024/25 season will commence with a production of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (Elixir of Love) with the Missouri Symphony and Landlocked Opera Company, followed by concerts with the Colorado, Taipei, Missouri, Ann Arbor, Juneau, and Acadiana symphonies. His has also recently conducted, notably, the Cincinnati Symphony, where he was assistant conductor, Elgin Symphony, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, and the Rochester Philharmonic.

A student of Riccardo Muti’s, Lin counted among his mentors, David Effron, Arthur Fagen, Clark Rundell, Mark Heron, and Apo Hsu, has received conducting coaching with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sir Mark Elder and Helmuth Rilling, among others, and has assisted or worked closely with, notably, Peter Ounjian, Louis Langrée, James Gaffigan, and John Morris Russell.

Lin noted that his musical vision is to “create a listening community, one (small) town at a time.” Read more about Wilbur and his vision at https://wilburl.in