About

Linus Ip (He/Them) , an emerging Asian gender-fluid conductor and composer, is currently the Assistant conductor of the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Opera and the Peabody Youth Orchestra at the Peabody Prep as well as conductor of the Old Bay Ensemble for New Music. Linus 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, assisting Marin Alsop at Washington Choral Art Society in the Kennedy Centre and covering conductor at the Orion Youth Symphony of the Annapolis Symphony. In the summer of 2024, he has appeared as a conductor at the Symphoniker Hamburg and was the conducting scholar at the Eastern Music fesival. Linus was also appointed as the Associate Conductor & Associate Curator of NYsoundCircuit in New York in 2021.

Most recently, Ip is pursuing his master’s degree in orchestral conducting at the Peabody Institute of music of the Johns Hopkins University where he/they study under renowned conductor Marin Alsop and Joseph Young. Ip also studied orchestral conducting under Ulrich Windfuhr in the exchange program at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (HfMT). Received his Bachelor’s degree in Music at Mannes School of Music in New York City, his/their previous private conducting mentors include Henry Shek, Mark Shapiro and Michael Charry and has participated in masterclasses worldwide with teachers such as Mei Ann Chen, Gerald Schwarz, José-Luis Novo, Toby Purser, Martin Sieghart, and James Ross.