About

Linus Ip, widely recognized for his innovative programming, cultural collaborations, and commitment to engaging younger audiences in the concert hall, is currently serving as the cover conductor and assistant conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra Education program of Summer Music Institute at the John. F. Kennedy Center, leading rehearsals, educations, and conducting apprentice program. He continues to work alongside top professionals on side by side concerts and collaborations. Linus is also the assistant conductor at the Orion Youth Symphony/Annapolis Symphony Orchestra where he worked with Jose Luis Novo in shaping musicians of the next generation. In season 24/25, as the Old Bay New Music Ensemble principal conductor, Linus places underrepresented narratives at the forefront of his work with his powerful voice in communities. In the past year, Linus is one of the semifinalists in the Kussewitzsky Competition 2024 in Italy. He was selected as one of the conducting fellows at the National Orchestral Institute in 2022. Most recent engagement include conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (US), National Philharmonic of the United State, assisting Marin Alsop at Washington Choral Art Society in the Kennedy Centre. He had also been assisting at the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Opera and the Peabody Youth Orchestra at the Peabody Prep.  In the summer of 2024, he has appeared as a conductor at the Symphoniker Hamburg (Germany) and was the conducting scholar at the Eastern Music fesival.