"The most promising new work by a young composer I’ve heard in years."

"Shin writes music with a comprehensible, almost language-like syntax, forming phrases and enriching them ... to create fascinating sound paintings"

DONGHOON SHIN – COMPOSER

Donghoon Shin’s music has been performed and commissioned by prominent orchestras, ensembles and festivals such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, Spanish National Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Ensemble Recherche, Riot Ensemble, EXAUDI ensemble, Festival d’Automne à Paris and Tongyeong International Music Festival.

Recent works include Of Rats and Men (2019) for chamber orchestra, premiered by the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Peter Eötvös, with further performances in Grafenegg, Budapest and Seoul. Kafka’s Dream (2018/19), inspired by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges’s essay about Kafka, was first performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under François-Xavier Roth, has travelled to Dresden and will be toured internationally by the Seoul Philharmonic in autumn 2022. A new Cello Concerto for Bruno Delepelaire and the Karajan Academy conducted by Kirill Petrenko is premiered in May 2022 in Berlin.

Donghoon’s music is published by Boosey & Hawkes.