Lin Tokura

Lin Tokura began playing the violin at the age of three. She made her orchestral debut at 11 after winning the Cascade Symphony’s Rising Star Competition in Washington State. Since then, she has performed with orchestras in the US, the UK, Canada, Italy, Germany, Portugal, and Cezch Republic including the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Olympia Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest, Seattle Festival Orchestra, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, FVG Orchestra, London City Philharmonic and Dresden Residenz Orchester.

In 2026, Lin won First Prize at the 60th Concertino Praga (Antonín Dvořák International Radio Competition for Young Musicians) in the Czech Republic, where she was also awarded the Czech Radio Prize, the Audience Award, and the Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Růžičková Foundation Prize.

Lin is on loan a Nicolo Gagliano violin (1766) from a generous sponsor through the Beares International Violin Society.