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Start of It all
Cellist I-Bei Lin wasn't always a cellist. She started as a pianist at age six. But, when she got into a music school in Taiwon, she was required to play a second instrument. I-Bei had experimented with cello, so she decided to play that.

Accomplishments
Gave a solo debut recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2005, presented by ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL in New York City as the recipient of a Special Presentation Award. She has won prizes in several solo competitions, including The Artist International Competition in New York, the String Division of the Taiwan National Concert Artist Competition, the Alpha Delta Kappa International Fine Arts Grants Competition, the First America Midwest Young Artist Competition, the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, the Chi-Mei Young Artist Competition in Taiwan, and the Taiwan National Music Competition. She was the featured soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan in 2004. Recently, she was selected as one of the finalists at Pro Musicis International Award at Carnegie Hall in 2006. She also scred a beautiful cello after slipping in the snow and breaking her old one!

Where is she now?
Dr I-Bei Lin is now on staff at the University of Hawaii, U.H. Manoa campus as a music instructor. She teaches private lessons, as well as classes. She is actually my teacher. She is also an amazing cellist, still. You can catch her European tour. It will feauture a solo in Vienna, Austria.