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{{Short description|Chinese singer}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2011}}

{{family name hatnote|[[Lin (surname)|Lin]]|lang=Chinese}}
[[File:Lin-Di2.jpg|thumb|right|220 px|Lin Di with ''pipa'']]
'''Lin Di''' ({{zh|c=[[wikt:林|林]][[wikt:笛|笛]]|p=Lín Dí}}; born 1975 in [[Shanghai]]) is a Chinese musician, composer, and vocalist.

Her current band is [[Cold Fairyland]],<ref name="Kloet2010">{{cite book|last=Kloet|first=Jeroen de|title=China with a Cut: Globalisation, Urban Youth and Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iftKNy0fEWsC&pg=PA128|accessdate=11 May 2011|date=2010-07-15|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=978-90-8964-162-5|pages=128–}}</ref> a [[progressive rock]] band in which she plays ''[[pipa]]'' and keyboard [[synthesizer]]s, and also sings.

Lin began playing pipa at the age of four. She studied at the [[Shanghai Conservatory of Music]] where she majored in traditional Chinese music and pipa. In 2001, she started her own band, Cold Fairyland, with [[bass guitar]]ist [[Su Yong]], and composed original music for various commercial projects and orchestral works. She performs occasionally with the Shanghai-based band Swing Shine.

Lin is also an avid photographer.

== Discography ==

=== Solo albums ===
*''[[Ten Days In Magic Land]]'' (魔境十日) by Lin Di - 2002
*''[[Bride in Legend]]'' (迷路新娘) by Lin Di - 2004
*''[[Meet in Secret Garden]]'' by Miyadudu - 2009
*''[[The Gossypium Era]]'' by Lin Di - 2011
*''[[Buddhist Scriptures]]'' by Lin Di - 2012
*''The One Tree Forest'' by Lin Di - 2021

=== With Swing Shine ===
*''Marguerite''  - 2011
*''Rootless Clouds''  - 2013

=== With Cold Fairyland ===
*''[[Flying Over the City]]'' (在城市上空飞翔) (demo) - 2001
*''[[Kingdom of Benevolent Strangers]]'' (陌生仙子国) - 2003
*''[[Cold Fairyland 2005 Live]]'' (冷酷仙境 2005现场) - 2006
*''[[Seeds on the Ground]]'' (地上的种子) - 2007

== Awards ==
* [[2008 Shanghai City Weekend Magazine, Bar and Restaurant Awards, Editor's Pick]] - "The Best Locally Based Band"
* [[2009 China Music Awards]] - "Strength For New Life" Award

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[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Chinese male singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Musicians from Shanghai]]
[[Category:21st-century Chinese composers]]
[[Category:Pipa players]]
[[Category:Singers from Shanghai]]
[[Category:21st-century Chinese women singers]]


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