Chia-Hsuan Lin

Chia-Hsuan Lin is a conductor appearing with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra in November 2026. The program pairs Polina Nazaykinskaya's Winter Bells, Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto, and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Beyond this listing, no verified biographical details are available.

This program offers a wide range of orchestral color. It opens with Polina Nazaykinskaya's Winter Bells, a shorter contemporary piece built on shimmering, bell-like textures in the strings and percussion. Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 follows, a brisk and percussive work where the piano trades sharp, rhythmic exchanges with the orchestra, moving between playful running lines and sudden bursts of weight. The concert closes with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, originally written for piano and later orchestrated, in which a recurring walking theme, the "Promenade," carries the listener between ten musical portraits, ranging from a lumbering ox cart to the tolling bells of the Great Gate of Kiev. Listeners can expect a conductor who must balance the transparency needed for the newer piece with the big, coloristic demands of the Mussorgsky.