Sophie Min is a Brisbane-based pianist, composer, and improvisor whose work shows a distinctive personal aesthetic and one of the most outstanding young jazz musicians in Australia. Her accolades include ABC Jazz Emerging Talents of the Year, Australian Jazz Bell Awards, SIMA and APRA AMCOS Emerging Composers Fellowship, QMusic Awards, and the Freedman Fellowship. Sophie has performed worldwide with the JM Jazz World Orchestra (EUR), the Centrum Jazz Port Townsend Workshop (US), Banff Workshop (Canada), Basel International Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Perth International Jazz Festival, Wangaratta International Jazz Festival, Melbourne’s Kawai Piano Series Concert and Sydney Women’s Jazz Festival. She has also written several commissions including We Made a Thing Nonet Project 2022 (WA) and Emerging Composers Program 2020 (NSW). 

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Her latest project, Sophie Min Orchestra (SMO), is a collective chamber jazz ensemble that released two albums ‘Your Wings’ (2022) and 'Bellwether' (2020), which have been awarded numerous awards and showcased its expertise to Australian jazz scene. These works depict the innovative ensemble that takes her musical vision to a daring new place with strings, percussions, and modern jazz arranging atmosphere. The recent album ‘Your Wings’ interacts as a multigenre and collaborative work: manipulating artform on choreographic, visual and improvisational art. Sophie is a fierce solo performer pursuing research and activities of improvisation based on sound resonance, harmonic facilities, and rhythmic intricacy. Alongside her solo work, she is also a significant collaborator, releasing music as part of original bands such as Shamin and Forage.

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She is now finalising her research project entitled ‘Narrative Driven Practice: the Process of Arranging and Composing Music through Piano Improvisations’ at the Queensland Conservatorium. Her recent mentorship experience includes sessions with Vijay Iyer, Scott Tinkler, Barney McAll and Tyshawn Sorey.