Juya Shin 신주연
Originally from South Korea, Juya SHIN is currently based in Germany. She was appointed Fellow Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra last season (2024/25), during which she conducted the LPO in their regional series in Brighton, as well as in special projects at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall. Her programmes ranged from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade to relaxed performances for younger audiences, to new commissions as part of the LPO’s Debut Sounds series. In 2024, she was also selected by Classic FM as a “Rising Star”.
Shin’s 2025/26 highlights include Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Bruckner Orchester Linz, and a 12-concert tour across The Netherlands with PhilZuid with repertoire by Fanny Mendelssohn and Nannerl Mozart. In recent seasons, she has also worked with Göttinger Symphonieorchester, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Ensemble Modern, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Sinfonia Iuventus at Polish Radio Warsaw, and Sinfonia Rotterdam.
In the opera world, Shin spent two consecutive summers at the Georg Solti Accademia in Italy – having first participated as a Young Artist on their Solti-Peretti Répétiteur course, she returned as a Conductor on their Bel Canto programme. She trained intensively in Germanic repertoire with Stefan Blunier at the Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin and Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern. Aged 19, she made her first venture with Die Zauberflöte at Lyric Opera Studio Weimar, before returning for Le nozze di Figaro and Die Fledermaus.
As part of her LPO Fellowship, Shin assisted conductors Ed Gardner, Vladimir Jurowski, Karina Canellakis, and Andrey Boreyko. Shin previously also participated in masterclasses with Karina Canellakis and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Gstaad Festival Conducting Academy with Jaap van Zweden and Johannes Schlaefli, and Seoul Philharmonic with Manfred Honeck and Jaap van Zweden respectively.
Having spent part of her formative training at the Zurich University of the Arts with Johannes Schlaefli, Shin concludes her Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting at Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts in 2026.
July 2025-No alterations to this biography may be made without the permission of IMG Artists.
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