Jia-Peng is an Australian Baritone originally from Cairns in Far North Queensland and holds a Bachelor of Music (Honors Class I) from The University of Queensland 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 (2018,2019), the UQ Ethel Osbourne 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. 

Jia-Peng has performed in operatic roles such as Martin and Ein Offizier in the Lisa Gasteen’s National Opera Program’s double bill of Albert Lortzing’s Die Opernprobe (2022) and Schubert’s Der häusliche Krieg (2022), Simone at the Cuskelly Sumer School Opera Program and the University of Queensland production of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (2020, 2021). As a member of the Opera Queensland Ensemble, 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).

Jia-Peng concert highlights include  Haydn’s 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.