An-Lin Bardin

Described as “stunning,” by the New York Times, cellist An-Lin Bardin currently teaches cello and chamber music at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the cellist for the Bardin-Niskala Duo, an acclaimed cello-piano duo that seeks to encourage empathy and compassion in society by exploring identity through the lens of music and personal stories. Founded in 2021, the Duo performs and presents workshops and masterclasses throughout the US in universities, community centers, and k-12 schools. Additionally, she co-directs the Winterhaven Chamber Music Retreat, a chamber music festival for amateur adult string and piano players in NH.

Bardin is a laureate of several prestigious international quartet competitions, including the Paolo Borciani Quartet Competition in Reggio Emilia, Italy, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, the Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition, Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition, and the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competitions in the United States, from her time as the cellist for the Vinca Quartet. She has performed extensively throughout Europe and the US, including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Aspen, and Vilar Performing Arts Center. Bardin’s performances have been broadcast on Deutschlandradio and WNYC.

She has served as the Artist-in-Residence for the Perlman Music Program in Sarasota, Florida, and was a recipient of a DAAD scholarship (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), a fellowship which enabled her to study in Stuttgart, Germany with the Vogler Quartett. Bardin also studied extensively with Gunter Pichler and Valentin Erben of the Alban Berg Quartet, Walter Levine of the LaSalle Quartet under the auspices of the ProQuartet Odyssée Program in Paris, France. Through the Carnegie Hall Chamber Music Workshops, she has worked with the Emerson String Quartet.  She has performed with the Takács Quartet and served as graduate assistant to András Fejér.

A strong proponent of music education, Bardin is a founding member of Music Haven, an intensive mentorship program serving youth in New Haven, Connecticut. Raised in California by two nuclear physicists, Bardin holds a B.S. from Yale University in Geology and Geophysics, and an M.M. from the Yale School of Music, where she was a member of the Grammy-Award-winning Yale Cellos.