Jonathan Shin (b. 1992) performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, as well as composes and improvises across multiple genres and styles. A prizewinner of Singaporean and international piano competitions, he has been awarded top prizes across all age categories of the National Piano and Violin Competition. At 16, he made his concerto debut with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra; the following year, Jonathan became the youngest winner of the concerto competition at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.

Jonathan began composing professionally in 2015, starting with his song cycle for countertenor The Other Merlion and Friends, which was critically reviewed as “probably the most compelling and worthwhile new work from any Singaporean composer in recent years” (The Straits Times). In the last decade, his solo, chamber, vocal, and orchestral works have taken flight and lives of their own overseas. In 2024, his large-scale opera Beacon (Phase 1) premiered locally and is in development towards a fully staged production with The Opera People. More recently, Jonathan’s piano concerto Child of the Shore premiered to critical acclaim, with Bachtrack headlining it as “a Singapore landmark” and The Straits Times concluding that “a repeat performance cannot come soon enough.”