In 1988, during his first year in Europe, Lu won the first prize of the Besancon International Competition for Young Conductors in France; he is the first and only Taiwanese conductor to have achieved this honor.
1988 年，才到歐洲第一年的呂紹嘉，參加法國貝桑松指揮大賽獲得首獎，成為我國迄今為止，唯一在貝桑松奪冠的指揮。