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Lin Ling
Now a vice professor in China Conservatory of Music, Lin Ling is a
famous contemporary guzheng performer.  She first studied with Yang
Xiuming, a celebrated guzheng player of Chaozhou shool, was admitted to
Central Conservatory of Music in 1977, and then transferred to China
Conservatory of Music in 1981, where she studied with Prof. Cao Zheng,
Qiu Dacheng, and Li Wanfen as well as a well-known player, Hong Sihua.  
After graduation in 1985, she was recommended to be the first
postgraduate student in the Chinese history of guzheng education.  In
1987, she obtained a master’s degree with her thesis “On the Artistry in
Guzheng Performance of Chaozhou School.”

As a member of Chinese Artist Group and Chinese Plucked Instrument
Orchestra, Lin Ling has visited Austria, Japan, Canada, Philippines,
America, Thailand, North Korea, Hong Kong and other countries and
regions, and was highly commended wherever she went.  The solo
concert she held in Taiwan in 1995 was well received by the audience
and commented by the local cxritics as “a never-to-be-forgotten one for
her superb skills and refined performance full of inspiration and
excitement.”
Sound of China
Guzheng Music Promotion Center