Standing on the stage of the theater at the Yunnan Arts University, Yin raised his baton and demonstrated how he would conduct to a recording of Dvorak's Symphony No 9 From the New World. Ten months later, he moved to Beijing and enrolled at the Middle School Affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music and later studied at the university under Chen Lin.

As a child, one of Yin's favorite hobbies was playing soccer. He is a big fan of Real Madrid, and compares the role of a conductor to midfielders, who, transitioning between attack and defense, help a team dominate and control the match.

"It is the conductor's responsibility to understand the music and convey it through gestures clearly enough that the musicians understand and perform as one person," he says. "For young conductors, working with symphony orchestras is the key to growing fast."