Australian baritone Jia-Peng is originally from Cairns in Far North Queensland and holds a Bachelor of Music (Honours Class I) from The University of Queensland (UQ), under the tutelage of Dr Shaun Brown.  

Jia-Peng was the recipient of The University of Queensland and St Leo’s College Music Achievement Scholarship (2018 and 2019), the UQ Ethel Osbourn Prize for Voice (2021), the UQ Margaret Nickson Prize for Voice and Piano (2021), the Open Vocal Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition (2022), and the Jessica Pratt Encouragement Award (2023). Jia-Peng was a member of the Lisa Gasteen National Program from 2021 to 2024. In 2025, Jia-Peng joins the 2025 Opera Queensland Young Artist program.  

He has performed operatic roles including Martin and Ein Offizier in the Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program’s double bill of Albert Lortzing’s Die Opernprobe (2022) and Schubert’s Der häusliche Krieg (2022) and Simone in The Cuskelly Summer Music School Opera Program and University of Queensland production of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (2020 and 2021). As a member of the Opera Queensland Chorus, Jia-Peng has performed in collaborations with Opera Australia for Wagner’s Götterdammerung (2023), Circa for Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (2024), and with Brisbane Festival and Victorian Opera for Jonathan Mills’ Australian opera Eucalyptus (2024). 

Concert highlights include Haydn’s The Creation, Faure’s Requiem, Vaugh Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with Queensland University Musical Society, Britten’s Hymn to St Cecilia, Charpentier’s Te Deum and Mozart’s Missa Brevis in B flat with UQ Chorale, UQ Chamber Singers and UQ Singers. He has also been featured in the UQ School of Music Lunchtime Concert series, as a soloist and with the UQ Singers and UQ Chamber Singers ensembles.