About

Elaine Lin holds a master’s (M.M.) and bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in classical piano performance from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she studied with Inna Faliks. She also received guidance from other piano mentors at UCLA, such as James Lent, David Kaplan, and Inga Kapouler. Throughout her career, Elaine has participated in masterclasses and lessons with renowned pianists around the world including Ursula Oppens, James Giles, Awadagin Pratt, Chun Chieh Yen, Stephen Pierce, Hyo Sun Lim, Wei Lung Li, Angela Cholakian, and Stephen Prutsman. Elaine has a repertoire that encompasses a diverse range of solo and collaborative works, and her recent performances featured Beethoven, Liszt, R. Schumann, Albéniz, Messiaen, and Ligeti. She has also made contributions to the chamber music scene, performing the Brahms Horn Trio, Poulenc Sextet, and works by living composers Billy Childs and John Steinmetz.

After completing her M.M., Elaine has returned to the Bay Area to continue teaching and give back to the musical community where she grew up and took piano lessons. Her pre-college teachers include Jed Galant and Larisa Kagan. With her extensive playing and teaching experience, Elaine is fully committed to helping her students achieve their musical goals.

Elaine has been involved in various events and volunteer opportunities throughout her piano career. She was a pianist for A Little Day Brunch in Los Angeles, an event celebrating women from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and professions. Additionally, Elaine has performed for patients at hospitals and senior citizens in assisted living centers around the Bay Area. She has also played in benefit concerts to fundraise and raise awareness for community organizations.

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Repertoire

Solo

Albéniz

Iberia Book 1 No. 3

J.S. Bach

Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue

Prelude and Fugue in C# Major, BWV 848

Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874

Prelude and Fugue in F# Major, BWV 858

Beethoven

Sonata in Eb Major, Op. 27 No. 1

Sonata in D Major, Op. 28

Sonata in Eb Major, Op. 31 No. 3

Sonata in C Major, Op. 53

Sonata in E minor, Op. 90

Brahms

3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 No. 1

Chopin

Ballade in Ab Major, Op 43 No. 3

Etudes, Op. 10 No. 8, Op. 25 No. 11

Mazurkas, Op. 33 No. 1, 2, 3

Scherzo No. 4

Corigliano

Fantasia on an Ostinato

Danielpour

Enchanted Garden, Book 1 No. 3

Ligeti

Musica Ricercata

Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 12

Paganini Etude, No. 6

Messiaen

Fantasie Burlesque

Piano Preludes, No. 1, 2, 4, 7, 8

Felix Mendelssohn

Variations sériuses, Op. 54

Mozart

Sonata in C Major, K. 279

Sonata in F Major, K. 280

Rachmaninoff

Etude Op. 33 No. 1

Ravel

Miroirs No. 4

Schubert

Sonata in A Major, D. 664

Sonata in A Major, D. 959

C. Schumann

Caprices en forme de valses, Op. 2 No. 1, 7, 8

R. Schumann

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Waldszenen, Op. 82

Scriabin

Etudes, Op. 8 No. 5, 9

Chamber/ Collaborative

Brahms

Horn Trio in Eb Major, Op. 40

Violin Sonata No. 2

Poulenc

Sextet, FP 100

Childs

Day in the Forest of Dreams, “Afternoon Dance”

Beethoven

8 Variations on an Air of Count Waldstein

Violin Sonata No. 2

Rachmaninoff

Suite No. 1, Op. 5

Schubert

Fantasie in F minor

Bloch

Three Nocturnes for Piano Trio

Hindemith

Bassoon Sonata

Steinmetz

A Little Traveling Music