Vincent Ling

Born in 2000 to Bolivian-Chinese parents in the United Kingdom, the concert pianist embarked on his formative years at the Royal College of Music Junior Department in London under Nataša Lipovšek, where he made his debut solo recital at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room and two festival appearances at the Wigmore Hall. At 15 he received 1st prize at the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe’s Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition, where his performance at the national-level competition was described as having “maturity and polish that belied his years” (Malcolm Miller 2016). 

Since residing in Austria, Vincent has been an international laureate at numerous competitions: 2nd prize at the César Franck International Piano Competition in Kraainem, Belgium 2019, Grand Prix “Crown of Stars” by the Music and Stars Awards Competition 2020, 1st Absolute Prize at the Franz Liszt Centre International Piano Competition 2021, 1st Prize and “Best Performance of a 20th Century Work” in the Artists Category of the Nordic International Piano Competition 2021, the “Sonderpreis der Stadt Fulda” at the Pianale International Festival and Competition 2022, and 1st Prize of the Great Piano Masters International Piano Competition 2022. In 2024, Vincent received 1st Prize and the Bartok Prize at the Belá Bartok International Piano Competition 2024, as well as 1st Prize, the Mozart Prize, the Bruckner Prize and a special prize for his performance of Albéniz’s Iberia Book One at the Bruckner-Bechstein Intercollegiate Piano Competition Austria at Brucknerhaus Linz, representing the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG). Vincent graduated later that year from KUG with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Piano Performance under the tutelage of concert pianist and professor Markus Schirmer, with whom he is continuing his master's studies. 

He has been invited to perform in various concert halls in England, Spain, France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Poland, Macao and Bolivia, and has featured in international festivals such as Arsonore International Music Festival, Graz in 2019 and 2023, where his performances of Chopin and Beethoven were aired on Austrian National Radio “Ö1”. In 2021, Vincent performed at the Hammerklavier International Piano Series 2021 in Girona, Spain, and later that year he made his concerto debut with Trowbridge Symphony Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1. In 2022, he made his Austrian solo debut at the Wienermusikverein’s Gläserner Saal in Vienna, where he performed a self-curated programme of works by Reynaldo Hahn, and was invited to perform in the “Earthquake” concert series for young international artists in Friedrichshafen, Germany. In 2024, he played at Topsham Music Festival U.K. and at the Association Arcades in Le Buisson de Cadouin, France, and as of this year is a recipient of the CLAVARTE Foundation scholarship. 

Vincent was also interviewed by Austrian national radio Ö1 as part of their "Talentebörse" series in 2023, promoting up and coming young artists studying at Performing Arts Universities in Austria through Radio and Web-interviews. Later that year, he was flown out to Macau to perform chamber works by Schumann and Brahms with his chamber partners as part of the 13th Macao YSO Music Festival, and also featured with the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim performing Haydn’s Piano Concerto No.11 in D Major. 2024 was marked by Vincent’s return to Fulda, where he played an all-Beethoven programme featuring the Diabelli Variations and was hailed by the Fuldaer Zeitung as “someone who is capable of great things”. 

He has had the privilege of participating in numerous masterclasses given by world-renowned pianists, such as Joanna Macgregor, Anne Queffélec, Uta Weyand, Ewa Pobłocka, Piotr Paleczny, Ronan O’Hora, Matti Raekallio, Filippo Gamba, Vincenzo Balzani and William Fong, and looks forward to future engagements both as a solo artist and a chamber musician throughout Europe.