He lost his father at 11. At 12 he went to Sydney, Australia, and then to the Juliard School in New York at 15. At 17 he won the grand prize in the Empress Sofia music competition in Spain. At 18 he signed with the famous ICM management group in the U.S.
十一歲喪父、十二歲遠赴澳洲雪梨、十五歲轉往美國茱麗亞音樂學院，隻身在人文薈萃的紐約闖蕩、十七歲獲西班牙蘇菲亞皇后國際音樂大賽冠軍、同年和美國著名的音樂經紀公司 ICM 簽約，開始旅行演奏… …，現年不過廿九歲的林昭亮，已經走過長而艱辛的路。