Cui Linhan is currently holds the position of Principal Conductor of Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Toronto Artists Symphony Orchestra and Principal Conductor of the Palermo Classica Festival in Italy.
Conductor Cui Linhan has established herself as a sought-after artist who, in 2021, won second prize in the Malko International Conducting Competition and third prize in the Korean Symphony Orchestra Conducting Competition. With natural expressivity at the core of her work, her experience includes performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Orchestre National de Lille, Pasadena Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Canada Festival Orchestra, Toronto Artists Symphony Orchestra, Xinghai Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Symphony Orchestra, and Indiana University Conductor’s Orchestra. During the 2019-2020 season, Linhan was appointed Conducting Fellow by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, where she had the privilege of serving as Marin Alsop’s cover conductor. In the 2022-2023 season, she was named a Dudamel Fellow, serving as a cover conductor and conducting concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Linhan made her debut with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra in 2023 and conducted The Greater Bay Area Festival Orchestra (comprised of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, musicians from the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Macao Orchestra and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra) in the opening concert of Youth Music Culture The Greater Bay Area 2024. She is appointed as Principal Conductor of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra in 2024.
Born in Shenyang, China, Linhan began studying piano at the age of four. She started conducting at age eighteen, when she was the only accepted student at the Xinghai Conservatory, studying with Mr. Ming Liu. She is pursuing doctoral studies in orchestral conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under the guidance of Arthur Fagen. She also holds a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Marin Alsop.