Kingsley Lin

24, United Kingdom

Kingsley Lin is a Taiwanese/British conductor. He studied the violin with Boris Kucharsky at the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music, where he also studied the piano, viola and composition.

Kingsley began his conducting studies with Sian Edwards. He is currently enrolled at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he studies conducting with Mark Stringer, and opera accompaniment with Andreas Henning.

Kingsley has actively participated in masterclasses with Mark Wigglesworth, Johannes Schlaefli, Nicolas Pasquet and Marin Alsop. In April 2022, he won the encouragement distinction prize at the 4th Athens International Masterclass and Competition. Orchestras he has conducted in masterclasses include the Athens Philharmonia, the Manchester Camerata, the RNCM orchestra, and the Südwestdeutsche Philamonie Konstanz.

Kingsley was cover conductor at the English National Ballet for the 2024/25 season, where he conducted shows of the new Watkins-Smith production of the Nutcracker, and Mary Skeaping’s classic production of Giselle. In November 2025, he will return to the company to conduct performances of Macmillan’s Sleeping Beauty. He is a repetiteur at the opera studio of the Vienna State Opera until the end of the 2025-26 season.

Instagram: @kingsleylin_conductor