Jin-Shan Dai

Second Violin

Member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2010

Dynamic violinist Jin-Shan Dai has performed extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

He joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the beginning of the 2010/11 season. Previously, he was a member of the Toronto Symphony from 2004 to 2010 and made his debut as a soloist with that orchestra in 2008, playing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. A native of China, Dai studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing before moving to the US at 17 to continue his studies with Julia Bushkova, Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Ani Kavafian, and Peter Oundjian. He was also greatly influenced by Paul Kantor and Kathleen Winkler. 

A strong believer in the transformative power of music, Dai began his outreach efforts in Toronto with the Bach Consort, an ensemble devoted to performing works by J.S. Bach to raise money for scholarships and hospitals. In Los Angeles, he participates in Street Symphony, a nonprofit organization that brings live classical music to unhoused, incarcerated, and veteran communities on Skid Row and throughout Los Angeles.  