and the San Diego Symphony at their annual 2012 OPUS Gala and together at a private event. Guest conductor He has been guest conductor of all major orchestras in the United States, include the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, St. Paul, Washington DC Ling has appeared as guest conductor for most of the prominent orchestras in Asia, Europe and Australia including Adelaide Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne, China Philharmonic in Beijing, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Jakarta Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Macao Symphony Orchestra, Malaysia Philharmonic, MDR Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig, NAtional Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, NDR Radio-Philharmonie in Hanover, NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg, Orchestre Nationale du Capitole de Toulouse, Royal Philharmonic of London, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Stockholm Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Taipei City Symphony, and Tokyo's Yomiuri Nippon Symphony. Recordings Mr. Ling's recordings include a range of works on the Telarc, Azica Records, and Continuum labels, featuring recent recording of the works by Bright Sheng with the San Diego Symphony as well as performances by the Florida Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, one of which was nominated for a Grammy award. His performance of the world premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Third Symphony with the New York Philharmonic is included in the orchestra's "American Celebrations" collection. Also released is a special edition CD featuring Mr. Ling and the Cleveland Orchestra performing Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3 "Organ" for the rededication of the Norton Memorial Organ at Cleveland's Severance Hall. Achievements and awards Most of them are adopted and compiled from his official web: In 1968, he won the Jakarta Piano Competition. 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 June 1978, he received a Certificate of Honor at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition (Moscow, Russia). In May 1983 he conducted the San Francisco Symphony Youth Symphony in a special concert honoring Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. 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