Jahja Ling

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jahja Ling
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	Oct 25, 1951(1951-10-25)
Age	73
Birthplace	Jakarta
Country	United States
Birth City	Jakarta
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jahja Ling Biography

Jahja Ling is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on October 25, 1951 in Jakarta, Jakarta, United States. He was born 25 October 1951 in Jakarta, Indonesia and began to play the piano at age

4. He studied at the Yayasan Pendidikan Musik (Indonesian: Foundation for Musical Education) in Jakarta. At age 17 he received a Rockefeller award scholarship and went to study at The Juilliard School in New York City. At Juilliard he earned a master’s degree, studied piano with Mieczyslaw Munz and conducting with John Nelson. Ling then went to study orchestral conducting at the Yale School of Music under Otto-Werner Mueller and received a doctor of musical arts degree. He was also a conducting fellow at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute.

In 1980, he was awarded Leonard Bernstein conducting Fellowship and Tanglewood Music Center, where Mr. Bernstein became one of his most influential mentors. In 1987 he made his Cleveland Orchestra debut and has appeared as piano soloist with numerous U.S. and international orchestras.

In 1985, he received the Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductor’s Award and the Leonard Bernstein Conducting Fellowship at Tanglewood. Subsequently, he was selected by Leonard Bernstein, who became one of his most influential mentors, to be a Conducting Fellow at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute.

Ling debuted with The Cleveland Orchestra in 1985, and has conducted the orchestra in 32 consecutive seasons. He was also a member of the conducting staff of The Cleveland Orchestra for 20 years, from 1984 to 2005. From 1985 to 2002, he served as Resident Conductor, leading the orchestra in over 400 concerts and over 600 works at Severance Hall, the annual Blossom Festival, and while on tour. During his tenure as Resident Conductor, Ling led the Orchestra’s annual concert in downtown Cleveland, heard by more than a million people since first presented in 1990.

In June 1978, he received a Certificate of Honor at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition (Moscow, Russia).

Jahja Ling Net Worth

Jahja Ling is one of the richest Musician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jahja Ling 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1970 to 1975, he received the John D Rockfefeller 3rd Fund Grant to study at Juilliard.

In April 1977, he was awarded the Bronze Medal in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition (Jerusalem, Israel).

In May 1983 he conducted the San Francisco Symphony Youth Symphony in a special concert honoring Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

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Ling and his first wife, Jane, had two sons, Gabriel and Daniel. She died of cancer in 1998. After the mourning time for 3 years of his first wife’s death, he took a second wife in 2001. She is Jessie Chang, a Taiwanese Christian pianist; they have two daughters.

Facts & Trivia

Jahja Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jahja Ling celebrates birthday on October 25 of every year.

In May 2000, his debut performance with the St. Louis Symphony and cellist Yo- Yo Ma was featured on the ABC News program in conjunction with a world premiere performance of a Cello Concerto composed by 20/20 anchor Hugh Downs.