Description: Johan Qin is a violinist, writer, performing artist and entrepreneur based in Northern California.
Johan began playing the violin when he was 5 and achieved early success as the concertmaster of Foothill High School. He served as the concertmaster for 3 years.
While a high school student, he was a member of the Oakland Youth Orchestra and served as the concertmaster of the Livermore-Pleasanton Youth Outreach Symphony in his senior year. In 2011, Johan won second place in the Oakland Youth Orchestra concerto competition and performed Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2, 1st mvmt., with them in a solo performance. He also won second place in the 2012 concerto competition and joined them on tour to Costa Rica as an orchestra member in 2011.
Johan was accepted to Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where he studied under renowned violin pedagogue Almita Vamos for two brief quarters before dropping out due to mental health. He graduated with a B.A. in Sociology and a minor in Asian American Studies.