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Wei-Chin Lin (林威震)

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Wei-Chin Lin (林威震)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Wei-Chin Lin
  • Chinese: 林威震
  • Era: 1982
  • Geography: 台灣台南市
  • Core roles: artist
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Percussionist Wei-Chen Lin is a top prize winner in competitions worldwide, including the Laureate of The First Classical Music International Internet-Festival 2013 in Moscow Russia, the winner of 2013 Taiwan Young Star Series, Silver Medal of 2012 Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Concerto Competition, Third Prize of 2012 Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, “Honorable Mention”(2nd place) of 2011 Southern California Marimba Competition, First Prize of the 2008 CML International Marimba Artist Competition, Second Prize of the 2007 PASIC Marimba Solo Competition, the recipient of PASIC Val and Eddy’s Scholarship, First Prize of the 2007 PAS International Percussion Competition in Fermo, Italy, and the winner of 2007 Boston University Soloists’ Competition. Wei-Chen received the Boston University Honors Award two times in 2008 and 2013. In recent, Wei-Chen is awarded the lifelong membership of the National Music Honor Society Pi Kappa Lumbda. As a soloist, Wei-Chen made his concerto debut in 2007, performing “Prism Rhapsody” by Keiko Abe with the Boston University Symphony Orchestra. In June 2012, he performed “Fantasy on Japanese Wood Print Op.211” by Alan Hovhaness with Housto

Education

  • 台灣台北藝術大學 — B.A. 音樂系
  • 波士頓大學 — 2008 — M.S. 打擊樂
  • 波士頓大學 — 2014 — Ph.D.音樂藝術

Employment

  • Taipei Percussion — Percussionist — (2002-2006) — National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra — Principal Timpanist — (2010-2011) — Tanglewood Music Center — Fellow (Timpanist/Percussionist) — (2008-2008) — Boston Civic Symphony — Percussionist — Hai-Dao Contemporary Ensemble — Percussionist

Career & Competitions

Structured from the TAH profile text and tables above:

  • Competition record: Laureate, First Classical Music International Internet-Festival, Moscow (2013); winner, Taiwan Young Star Series (2013); Silver Medal, Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Concerto Competition (2012); Third Prize, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2012); Honorable Mention / 2nd place, Southern California Marimba Competition (2011); First Prize, CML International Marimba Artist Competition (2008); Second Prize, PASIC Marimba Solo Competition (2007); First Prize, PAS International Percussion Competition, Fermo, Italy (2007); winner, Boston University Soloists’ Competition (2007).
  • Honors: Boston University Honors Award (2008, 2013); PASIC Val and Eddy’s Scholarship; lifelong membership, National Music Honor Society Pi Kappa Lambda.
  • Concerto debut (2007): Keiko Abe’s “Prism Rhapsody” with the Boston University Symphony Orchestra; June 2012: Alan Hovhaness’s “Fantasy on Japanese Wood Print Op. 211” with the Houston Symphony.
  • Ensembles / posts: Taipei Percussion (2002–2006); Principal Timpanist, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (2010–2011); Fellow (Timpanist/Percussionist), Tanglewood Music Center (2008); Boston Civic Symphony; Hai-Dao Contemporary Ensemble.
  • Education: 台灣台北藝術大學 B.A. 音樂系; 波士頓大學 M.S. 打擊樂 (2008), Ph.D. 音樂藝術 (2014).

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Vault cross-references (DEEPEN-X09112100-5, 2026-09-11)

  • Boston University context: the vault holds |Boston University Taiwanese Student Association and |Taiwanese Overseas Students Association at Boston University as community context for his BU studies (M.S. 2008, DMA 2014) and 2007 concerto debut with the BU Symphony Orchestra.
  • His two encyclopedia entries [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/186-wei-chen-lin-e6-9e-97-e5-a8-81-e9-9c-87-percussionist-201503||TAH #186]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/379-wei-chin-lin-e6-9e-97-e5-a8-81-e9-9c-87-201504||TAH #379]] are catalogued in the |TAH story corpus as bibliographic records; all competition and ensemble facts on this page were absorbed from them — no ensemble org pages (Taipei Percussion, Tanglewood Music Center, Houston Symphony) exist in the vault, so none were linked.

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