About
Backun Artist Luo Jin is the Principal Clarinetist of the Jilin Province Symphony Orchestra and standing council member of the Musician Association of Jilin Province Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. Luo also serves as the art director of the following organizations: the Jilin University High Level Art Ensemble (Woodwind part), Jilin University National Defense Students Orchestra (Clarinet part), and Changchun Sixth Middle School clarinet department.
Having started playing clarinet at age five, Luo has been the apprentice of Chen Changxin (former Principal Clarinetist of the Orchestra of Changchun Film Studio) and Liu Xueping (Principal Clarinetist of the Orchestra of Changchun Film Studio). Luo also studied with Jin Guangri at Minzu University of China from 2002 and enrolled into the Department of Music of Yanbian University, where Luo was appointed as clarinet lecturer. In 2009, Luo has became the Principal Clarinetist of Jilin Province Symphony Orchestra and acknowledged Ying Bo (Principal Clarinetist of China National Symphony Orchestra) as master in 2011. Highlights in Luo’s career include: second prize in the Jilin Province Department of Cultural Professional Skills Competition (2013), Appointed Soloist at the Algeria International Arts Festival (2015), soloist at the opening concert of Wind Instrument Expo (2017, east-northern China), soloist at the Russian Krasnoyarsk International Arts Festival performing Hope (Composed by Fang Dongqing in 2018), soloist at the Jilin New Year Concert and Wind Instrument Performer Concert series (2018), soloist for International Clarinet Week held by the Harbin Conservatory of Music. Luo has toured across China and foreign countries including USA, Russia, Singapore, Algeria and North Korea.
