Jennifer Lin (born 1989 in

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) is an American Music Director,

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, and Composer. She was a student of the Yamaha Music Education System (YMES), the Junior Original Concert program, and

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. She found her major introduction to the public at large when a recording of her inspirational improv performance at the

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conference in

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, on February 27, 2004, was posted on TED.com in August 2006. She was 14 years old at the time.TED Talks: Jennifer Lin: Improvising on piano, aged 14
/ref> She has performed for ''Oprah'' and ''

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'', among others. On ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', she composed a piece on the spot with five random music notes that Oprah chose.

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"Improvising on piano, aged 14" (TED2004)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Jennifer Living people People from Florida 21st-century American women pianists 21st-century American pianists 1989 births