Born in Nanjing and now living in Hamburg, Lin Chen is an internationally active multi-percussionist. She studied in Nanjing, Weimar and Hamburg, and completed her concert examination with distinction in 2011.
As a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician, she has worked with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra and the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra, amongst others. In 2026, she was a soloist with the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra. Together with Kristian Sievers, she forms the Duo Pertar.
Her focus lies on classical and contemporary music, as well as on blending Western and Chinese soundscapes using the marimba, vibraphone, the Chinese drum ‘Da Gu’ and the Chinese hammered dulcimer ‘Yangqin’.
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