Director of Sweep Music. For Peiju Lien, pipa was love at first sight. Indeed her passion took her from Taipei to Beijing to seek out Lin Shi Cheng, the legendary pipa maestro. Thanks to the inspiring pedagogy of Maestro Lin, Ms Lien has acquired not only the virtuoso technique but also the poetic spirit unique to the Pudong style. Her performances are imbued with both the explosive energy and gossamer delicacy indicative of her musical pedigree. And later, thanks to Professor Lin Gu Fang’s insightful enlightenment, Peiju found a whole new vista on arts, music and aesthetics.

To Ms Lien, preserving legacy is as much about breaking new grounds for the future as it is about upholding the precious from the past. She ventures beyond her classical repertoire even as she continues to perfect her interpretation. Her quest has taken her from the classical to the eclectic, the modern to the medieval, the performance to the composition, and the familiar to the unknown.

Peiju’s versatile talents have made her a popular guest artist in productions of varied genres in different countries, spanning the gamut of solo to orchestral, film to theatre, Peking opera to rock and super starts. Of special note are her performances at “TED-Taipei”, “YouTube Taipei-Music Day” and “The Sixth International Tea Culture Exhibition in Bussan”, etc. In 2013, Peiju was appointed resident artist at Fremantle Arts Center by Australia’s Asia Link; in 2014, she was honored with the title of “promising young artist” by the Ministry of Culture in Taiwan; in 2015, her album “Journey on the road- a musical journal on pipa by Lien Peiju@Western Australia” was nominated for the prizes of ”best cross-cultural music album” and the “best recording” at the 26th Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan. “Carnet de voyage - Musical Journal on Pipa by Peiju Lien@France” was won for the prizes of ” best cross-cultural music album” and also nominated the “best recording” at the 27th Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan. Her expanding discography includes “Invisible Message”, “Journey on the road- a musical journal on pipa by Lien Peiju@Western Australia”, “Whisper”, and “Carnet de voyage - a musical journal on pipa by Peiju Lien@ France” recorded in Germany, Australia, Italy and France respectively.