Ivan Linn

Ivan Linn, also known as Livan, is a composer, pianist and producer. He is known for his work in the music production of video games in the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series. He is also the music director and chief conductor of the Assassin's Creed Symphony World Tour. Linn is a production executive of Goldstones Studios and the CEO and founder of crowdsourcing newspaper Folkspaper.[1] Linn is a member of the National Arts and Sciences Recording Academy and ASCAP.[2]

Ivan Linn
Linn conducts the Boston Chamber Orchestra for his score
Alma materYale University
Occupation
Websitehttps://www.ivanlinn.com/

Early life and education

Linn started his acting career at four years old, with roles in the popular dramas Justice Pao and the TV show Dream of the Red Chamber. He was also featured in different TV advertisements for companies like McDonald's and Hunya Foods.[3]

Linn was first exposed to music at the age of four, and made his first public piano performance in Switzerland when he was in kindergarten. However, he only started studying piano formally at the age of twelve at Yamaha Music Foundation.[4]

Linn moved to Germany and went to the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. In 2011, he moved to the United States to pursue a master's degree in piano performance at the New England Conservatory of Music with a full scholarship.[5] Linn graduated from Yale University in 2015.

Career

Early career

In 2011, Linn managed the Video Game Orchestra, a philharmonic of symphonic rock fusion based in Boston, MA. The group brought a brand-new music genre to theater and concert hall.[6] He later introduced the orchestra in Asia in 2012 and toured with the group.[7] He was with the Video Game Orchestra for four years.[8]

Linn received a gold medal at the International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition in Oslo and was invited by UNESCO to be featured at the Festival international de la diversité culturelle in Paris as a concert pianist.[9]

He performed with composer Yoko Shimomura, and recorded as a pianist for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XV.[10] Linn toured with The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, Eorzean Symphony Final Fantasy XIV, and Kingdom Hearts World Tour.[11]

Recent Projects

Linn is the Founder and CEO of Folkspaper, a user-generated-content news platform co-founded with former Twitter Senior Manager and former Chief Designer of Bahamut in 2017.[12]

Linn was appointed as the Music Director and Chief Conductor for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Symphony World Tour at the end of 2018.[13] Assassin's Creed Symphony premiered with a live performance at E3 2019 that garnered millions of viewers.[14][15][16]

On June 2020, Linn recorded live covers for Yoko Shimomura's "Stay at home" virtual concert series.[17] He also produced Shimomura's music for the video game Xuan-Yuan Sword 7 released on October 6, 2020.[18]

Linn composed the score for the Netflix TV series Futmalls.com, released on December, 2020.[19]

Discography

Video games
YearTitle DeveloperRole
2014 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII[20] Square Enix Solo pianist
2014 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix[20] Square Enix Production manager
2014 D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die Access Games Solo pianist
2015 Cytus Rayark Production manager
2016 Final Fantasy XV[21] Square Enix Solo pianist
2017 Xenoblade Chronicles 2[22] Monolith Soft Solo pianist
2020 Xuan-Yuan Sword 7[18] Softstar Entertainment Inc. Producer

Film
YearTitleRole
2015 Lazer Team Production manager
2016 The Tenants Downstairs[23] Composer and producer
2018 Father to Son Producer

TV
YearTitleRole
2016 Ice Fantasy[24] Production manager
2020 Futmalls.com Composer

Other projects
YearTitleRole
2013 Live at Symphony Hall, Video Game Orchestra album. Solo pianist
2013 World 1-2, Brave Wave Productions album. Solo pianist
2016 Flow, Winne Hsin album. Producer

Tours
YearTitleRole
2010 World tour as part of the Edvard Grieg competition prize[25] Solo Pianist
2015 Legend of Zelda Tour: Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses Concert Pianist
2016 Capcom Live![26] Concert Pianist
2017-2018 Kingdom Hearts World Tour[27] Concert Pianist
2018 Eorzean Symphony: Final Fantasy XIV Concert Pianist
2019 Assassin’s Creed Symphony World Tour[28] Music Director/Conductor

Awards and Honours
YearTitleNotes
2000 Xingtian Temple Tomorrow Star Piano Competition.[29] First prize
2002 Ministry of Culture of Taiwan's Talent Bank[30][29] Winner
2003 Città di Barletta Piano Competition[29] First prize
2004 SinoPac Philharmonic Classical Elite Award[29] First prize and Most Promising Newcomer
2006 Sounds of the Human World, Master Hsing Yun Buddhist Music Competition[31] First prize and Audience Award.
2007 NTSO Piano Concerto Competition[32] Third prize
2007 Ministry of Culture of Taiwan's Talent Bank[33] Winner
2008 Chimei Arts Award[34] Winner
2010International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition[25]First prize and Romantic Composer.
2010 New Taipei City Government's "New Taipei City Light" Medal[35] Winner
2011 Sicily IBLA Music Award[36] Winner
2011 Taiwan's Ministry of Culture Award[33] Winner
2012 iChoice[29] Named Artistic Ambassador
2013 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition[37] Bronze Medal
2013 Chimei Arts Award[34] Winner
2014 Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship Winner
2015 Steinway[31] Young Artist
2017 Questrom School of Business Zulalian Award[11] Winner
2017 28th Golden Melody Award for Best Instrumental Recording Album Ice Fantasy score nominated
2018 Richmond Competition[38] First prize
2018 55th Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Score Father to Son score nominated

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