BIOGRAPHY
International competition-winning ensemble Duo Beaux Arts was formed in 2008 by the renowned husband-and-wife concert pianists Dr. Catherine Lan and Steinway Artist Tao Lin. The duo performs as concerto soloists, chamber musicians, and soloists globally to both critical and audience acclaim. Catherine and Tao have collectively performed at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York (USA), Victoria Hall in Singapore, Izumi Hall in Osaka (Japan), Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver (Canada), Edvard Grieg Museum in Bergen (Norway), Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn (Estonia), Temppeliaukio in Helsinki (Finland), Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (UK), and UNESCO Eufrazijeva Bazilika in Poreč (Croatia), as well as touring as a duo in France, Spain, The Netherlands, and Switzerland.
They have appeared at summer festivals such as Bowdoin International Music Festival, Mainly Mozart Festival, Music Festival of the Hamptons, Swan City Piano Festival, Romanza Festivale in St Augustine, Beethoven Festival in Miami, Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Rovinj Summer Festival, and Karlovac Piano Festival. In 2023 the duo will be making its Hungarian début in Budapest at Buda Castle Bartók Hall.
As pedagogues, they have taught masterclasses in Asia, North America, and Europe.
For more info, please visit www.duobeauxarts.com
CATHERINE LAN
As a concerto soloist, Lan will be making her debut with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 2019. She has also made concerto appearances with Vancouver Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, and Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, to name a few. She has also performed recitals in Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Mexico, Croatia, Slovenia, Canada, United Kingdom, and she looks forward to her debut in Italy in 2019. Her highly acclaimed performances have been featured at WLRN-Public Television “Beethoven & Mas” program, “Beethoven Universal TV” series, Becon TV “On Stage with Iris Acker”, Fu-Hsin Broadcasting Station, and CBC Radio’s “Westcoast Performance” Debut series. www.catherinelan.com
TAO LIN
Steinway Artist Tao Lin has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, National Gallery of Art, 92nd Street Y, Rockefeller University, Izumi Hall in Japan, and Edvard Grieg Museum in Norway. A devoted chamber musician, Mr. Lin has concertized throughout the United States as a member of the Berlin Piano Quartet (with Jacques Thibaud String Trio) and the St. Petersburg Piano Quartet. He has also appeared in concerts with Ying, Shanghai, Miami, Bergonzi, Alcon, Rosalyra, St. Petersburg String Quartets, and Aspen String Trio as well as distinguished musicians such as Elmar Oliveira, Carol Wincenc, Roberto Diaz, Frank Huang, Paul Huang, Paul Katz, Chee-Yun, Ayano Ninomiya, David Requiro, William De Rosa, Charles Castleman, Eugenia Zukerman, and Claudio Bohorquez. www.taolinpianist.com