Dr. Andrew Lin is a Taiwanese-American violinist and educator whose career spans orchestral performance, chamber music, and higher education. He is a member of the Second Violin Section of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and serves on the violin faculty at SUNY Fredonia. He joined the Buffalo Philharmonic in 2023 after performing with the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.A versatile chamber musician, Dr. Lin has performed at the Harvard Chamber Music Festival and the Boston University Bach Competition Winner’s Gala, as well as with Emmanuel Music and in programs including the Black History Month Mosaic Series, George Crumb’s Black Angels for the Time’s Arrow Project, and the Chinese New Year Gala Concert at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. He is a co-founder of the Hugo String Quartet and has participated in masterclasses with the Borromeo, St. Lawrence, and Muir String Quartets.​    Dr. Lin has taught at Boston University, where he taught violin and coached string students through private lessons, chamber music coaching, and orchestral sectionals. He also served as a Teaching Fellow with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, leading educational outreach programs for underserved communities throughout Greater Boston.​    Dr. Lin has furthered his musical studies through programs at Tanglewood, Harvard, Rocky Ridge, the New World Symphony, Aspen, Green Mountain, Scotia, and the Taipei Music Academy & Festival. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University with honors and received the Albert Spalding Memorial Fund Scholarship for his leadership and research on the performance practices of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His principal teachers include Bayla Keyes, Lina Bahn, Martin Chalifour, Henry Gronnier, and Yuan Chen.​    Beyond music, Dr. Lin enjoys photography, literature and manga, and discovering exceptional local cuisine.