Youlan Lin

Born in Madrid, Spain, in 2011. Since 2021, she studies at the Reina Sofía School of Music’s Telefónica Violin Chair with professor Zakhar Bron. She has been granted scholarships by Consejería de Educación, Universidades y Ciencia de la Comunidad de Madrid and Fundación Albéniz and plays a Yuri Pochekin 2007 violin loaned as an instrument scholarship by Yuri Pochekin.

She began her violin studies before she was 3 years old (and her piano studies at 4). She has attended classes by professors Manuel Guillén, Tatiana Liberova, Ye Xin, Jorge Almansa and Zohrab Tadevosyan, among others. In 2019, she entered the Arturo Soria Music Conservatory with the best grade in the entrance examination, where she graduated from the elementary degree in 2021 with the highest qualifications. She has also participated in the international Summer Music Course in the Upper Nagold Valley (Germany, 2019), as well as in the Forum Musikae summer course (Spain, 2021).

She has been awarded first prize at the 20th Sant Anastasi Instrumental Competition (Spain, 2021) - categories of violin and piano-; at the 10th "Citta di Massa" International Competition for Young Musicians; at the Magic Muse International Competition (Russia, 2021) in which she was also awarded the "Most sincere performance of the piece", among others.

A music lover in general, she also practices music composition and singing.