Shinya Blattmann pursued her fully funded Doctor and Master degree at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., where she studied under the guiding hand of Prof. Jody Gatwood. Before moving to the United States, she completed her Bachelor at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Zurich University of the Arts) in Switzerland with Prof. Robert Zimansky. Shinya got accepted as a pre-college student at the Conservatory in Winterthur at the age of 16, where she studied with the stunning Mrs. Sibylle Tschopp.

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While living in America, Ms. Blattmann taught violin and coached the orchestra at the Princeton University and worked as a project manager for the Princeton University Concerts Series. 

Back in Switzerland, Shinya works at the gymnasium in Urdorf and the Music School Zürcher Oberland, where she also guides the Youth-Orchestra "Attacca". Besides teaching, Ms. Blattmann also works for UNICEF, helping children in need.

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Ms. Blattmann plays a wide variety of music genres and collaborates with Swiss Artists Pablo Nouvelle, Native, Nemo, Palma Ada, Luca Duran and Ethimm. For the clothing brand ON's documentary film, she improvised and played the violin, together with Pablo Nouvelle.

She also records Filmmusic and you can hear her playing on commercials for Ricola, Ochsner Sport and the Italian Movie "Pheripheric Love".

She performed at the Gurten Festival together with Palma Ada as well as the Winterthurer Musikfestwochen.

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She performs as a soloist, concertmaster, principal, orchestra member, and in various chamber music groups. Highlights of her career were playing for Pope Francis at the Catholic University in Washington D.C., at the inauguration of the Bundespräsident Ueli Maurer in Bern, with Il Divo, the Swiss Movie and Music Awards, at the Kristallnacht Remembrance Concert, the Gurten Festival and the Winterthurer Musikfestwochen

Shinya Blattmann received national prizes at solo and chamber music competitions.

She loves to play with friends and it does not matter, if it is in a studio, or in a band / chamber music group.