Great talent eventually rises to the top. In 1991 and 1994, Lu won the Antonio Pedrotti International Conducting Competition in Trento, Italy, and the Kondrashin Conducting Competition in Amsterdam. He also conducted a concert with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Netherlands 'premier symphony orchestra.
好在有實力的人不會被埋沒，1991 年和 1994 年，呂紹嘉陸續獲得義大利佩卓地及荷蘭孔德拉辛兩大國際指揮大賽首獎，並且正式在阿姆斯特丹皇家大會堂登台演出。