A 2018 winner of a Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize, Chia-Ying LIN is a composer from Taiwan. Her works have earned international recognition since 2015, including third prize at the International Jean Sibelius Composition Competition (Finland), first prize at the International Composition Competition Piero Farulli (Italy), a commission prize from the Goethe-Institut Korea for its Asian Composers Showcase 2017, the winner of the Seattle Symphony 2018-19 Celebrate Asia Composition Competition, and first prize at the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra’s composition competition 2019 among others.

Chia-Ying's works have been performed widely in Asia, Europe and the US, by the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestra (London), Camerata Taiwan as well as various ensembles and soloists including Ensemble TIMF, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Psappha Ensemble, Quartetto Maurice, Quatuor Béla; at festivals including the Mänttä Music Festival (Finland), aDevantgarde-Festival (Munich), ‘PlayIt!’ Festival (Florence), Musiche in Mostra (Italy), Philharmonia Orchestra's Music of Today (London), Leamington Music Festival Weekend (UK), Festival Archipel (Geneva), Tongyeong International Music Festival (Korea), Asia Culture Center Contemporary Arts Festival (Korea), Taiwan International Music Festival, Taipei International New Music Festival, National Performing Arts Center's Innovation Series (Taiwan) and WeiWuYing's TIFA; and in venues including the National Concert Hall (Taiwan), WeiWuYing (Taiwan), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre (London), Benaroya Hall (Seattle), Teatro Verdi (Florence), Accademia Filarmonica Romana (Rome), Hämeenlinna Town Hall (Finland), Serlachius-museo Gösta (Finland), Maison communale de Plainpalais (Geneva), Maison de paroisse de Saint Gervais (Switzerland), Budapest Music Center (Hungary), Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall (UK), Senate House (London), Hoxton Hall (London), Djanogly Recital Hall (UK), Grypario Cultural Center (Greece), Tongyeong Concert Hall (Korea), Asia Culture Center (Korea) and the West Kowloon Cultural District (HK), among others.

Described as having “manifest flair” (The Sunday Times), Chia-Ying's Chanson Perpétuelle has been recorded and released by Orchid Classics (UK) in 2018, while her Intermezzo to the Minotaur has been released on NMC Recordings (UK). Her orchestral works Occultra and Sūtra were recorded by the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and released on the orchestra's own label (2014 & 2020). Her String Quartet is published by Ricordi Milan. Her music has been broadcast on Yle (Finland), RTS (Switzerland), SRF (Switzerland), BR-Klassik (Germany), BBC Radio3, RAI Radio 3 (Italy), RTP (Portugal), Tilos Radio (Hungary) and RTI (Taiwan).

Chia-Ying studied composition at the Taipei National University of the Arts with Tsung-Hsien Yang, at the University of Manchester with Philip Grange, and at Conservatorio S. Cecilia in Rome with Matteo D' Amico. She also completed a six-month Mentoring programme at the Peter Eötvös Foundation in 2017, supported by the Taiwan Music Institute. She was selected for the Philharmonia Orchestra/RPS Composers' Academy 2018/19 led by Unsuk Chin. She received further training at the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia in Rome.