Collin Jinks is a pianist from Stillwater, Minnesota. He pursued his undergraduate studies with Dr. Jack Winerock and Dr. Steven Spooner at The University of Kansas and with Yoshikazu Nagai at San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Collin is an award winning pianist and has performed and competed across the globe. In 2017, he was the National Winner of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Senior Piano Competition in Baltimore, Maryland. During this national victory, he was also awarded the Chopin Prize for the best performance of a work by Frédéric Chopin. He was also 2016 finalist at The International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) International Piano Competition at the University of Kansas. He was only one of three high school students to be awarded a full merit scholarship to attend The Art of Piano Festival at the University of Cincinnati twice, for undergraduate and graduate level students under the professorship of Awadagin Pratt in 2016 and2017. Collin was also invited to Salt Lake City to audition for the 2016 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. In addition he has been the first place winner in the 2016 Thursday Musical Young Artist Scholarship Competition, the La Crosse Rising Stars Concerto Competition, Saint Paul Piano Teachers Association (SPPTA) Concerto Competition, and the Music Association of Minnetonka Young Artist Concerto Competition. He has also been a finalist in the Schubert Club Competition, Young Peoples Symphony Concert Association (YPSCA) Minnesota Orchestra Concerto Competition, and a recipient of the Schmitt Music Award and the Minneapolis Music Teachers Forum Award through the Minnesota Orchestra’s Young Peoples Symphony Concert Association’s Concerto Competition.

In 2015, Collin was chosen as a Showcase Round Artist for Classical Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) Varsity Young Artist Competition in Saint Paul, MN which culminated in a live radio broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in St Paul. As a showcase artist and was offered merit scholarships to several colleges. Collin was also selected to take part in the Colburn Music Academy International Piano Festival in Los Angeles, CA where he was the laureate of third prize in their International Steinway Concerto Competition. Collin has performed in international recitals and master classes with renowned artists Roberto Plano, Yoshikazu Nagai, Alan Chow, Ory Shihor, Steven Spooner, Anton Nel, and Neleta True. He has also performed and participated in master classes under John Perry, Enrico Elisi, Leon Fleisher, Awadagin Pratt, Vladimir Feltsman, James Giles, Sergei Babayan, Stewart Goodyear, Olga Kern, Barry Douglas, Kevin Kenner, Bernadene Blaha, Michael Lewin, Yong Hi Moon, Paul Schenly, Jeffrey Cohen, and Boris Slutsky.

Collin is also an accomplished photographer and enjoys running, biking, and spending time with
his dogs in his free time.