Yeoh Jun Lin

Yeoh Jun Lin graduated from the prestigious Royal College of Music, London with the G.R.S.M. Honours course and also holds the A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M. and the L.T.C.L.. She passed both Grade 8 in piano and violin with high distinctions at the age of 13, but considers the piano her principal instrument which she studied with, first, her father, then Yeoh Geok Hoon in Penang, and later on the late David Parkhouse when she was 16.

She also pursued the violin with Kenneth Piper. She participated in the debut recording of the BBC’s “The African Sanctus” by David Fanshawe, but Jun Lin was most involved with chamber groups and was in demand as a pianist in duos and ensembles.

Now residing in Kuching, Jun Lin continues with her passion for music. She did a piano concerto in the Mozart bicentennial celebrations, performed with violinist Clarence Myerscough, as a trio with Isin Cakmakciuglu and Rachel Atkinson, with trombonist Gila Rayberg and violinist Fintan Murphy. She was also producer of the Christmas concert with Chan Hui Ling in 1995. She has a select group of students whom she tutors.

Jun Lin was the Chairman of the Sarawak Music Society from 1997-2000 where she organized a series of events which included the Young Musician of the Year Award in 1999. She also sat in the Kuching Festival Committee and adjudicated for several competitions.

She was in the organizing committee for the annual Rainforest World Music Festival in Kuching that started in 1998 under the Sarawak Tourism Board. She is perhaps best known as the Artistic Director for the festival 2001-2007. She was also the Artistic Director for the Miri International Jazz Festival (2006 – 2007), the Genting International Jazz Festival and the Penang World Music Festival.