Taiwanese-American violinist Richard Lin has already amassed a startling collection of top prizes at major international competitions, including First Prize and Audience Prize at 2013 Sendai International Violin Competition; Second Prize, Audience Prize, and Best Recital Prize at 2015 Singapore International Violin Competition; Third Prize and JJV Community Prize at 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover; Fifth Prizes at 2016 International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition and 2016 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition; and Second Prize plus the “Best Performance of New Zealand Commissioned Work” at 2011 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, among others. Lin has collaborated with numerous orchestras at celebrated concert venues. Of particular personal importance to him was his début at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall in 2014, where he performed with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Norichika Iimori. Other orchestras he has worked with incl...