She started her education in the violin department of the Primary school at Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2004. She has been awarded with the Shanghai Arts Talent Scholarship and the Fu Chengxian Scholarship for her achievements. Oukalin was invited to participate in the Beijing International Music Festival as the youngest musician when she turned 14 and she also participated in the 50th Anniversary of Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (Beijing, PRC).
She has been enrolled in the New England Conservatory (USA) in 2013 where she founded YUN piano trio with her friends. They performed at the 150th anniversary of New England Conservatory celebration.
From 208 to 2018 Oukalin has been awarded with different prizes in many competitions: First prize of the 1 CCTV (China Central Television) National Piano and Violin Competition, Third prize in the XVI International Youth Violin Competition in Romania, Laureate of the X National Youth Group Violin Competition China Culture Art Award, victory in the Bales Violin Competition where the prize is the right to play the Joseph Guarneri’s violin, Third prize of the Chappaqua Orchestra Concerto Competition in New York, Second prize of New England Conservatory Concerto Competition.
Oukalin Yin became the Heifetz International Music Institute scholarship holder in 2019.
I ROUND
J. S. Bach
Adagio and Fuga from Sonata No. 1 in G minor,
BWV 1001
N. Paganini
Caprice No. 11 in С major, Op. 1
E. Ysaye
Sonata for violin solo No. 3 in D minor “Ballade”, Op. 27
II ROUND
A. Rosenblatt
“Siberian Blues”
E. Ysaye
Caprice on the theme “Etude in the form of a waltz” by K. Saint Saens, Op. 52
M. Ravel
Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in G major
III ROUND
W. А. Mozart
Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 4 in D major, KV 218
IV ROUND
P.I. Tchaikovsky
Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, Op. 35