About.

Black-and-white close-up of Seungsu Shin playing guitar — Bo Yeon Kim

An instrument. Many ways of listening.

Seungsu Shin is a classical guitarist whose repertoire spans the Renaissance to the present. His work encompasses solo and chamber music, with a particular interest in contemporary approaches to the instrument.

He graduated from Korea National University of Arts in 2017, where he studied with Daekun Jang. He completed his studies at Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in 2021 with Eliot Fisk and continued with Anders Miolin at Zurich University of the Arts, receiving a Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance, with a specialization in Soloist, Guitar, in 2023.

His repertoire includes works by Luciano Berio, Giacinto Scelsi, Rolf Riehm, Tristan Murail, Steve Reich and Karlheinz Essl. Alongside performing, he teaches Western music history at Dongguk University, approaching the subject as a way to understand contemporary music.

Education

2017: Korea National University of Arts
2021: Universität Mozarteum Salzburg
2023: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste