Evan Shinners

Evan Shinners (born 1986^[1]) is an American-British pianist, harpsichordist,^[2] and conductor^[3][4][5] He is known under the pseudonym WTF Bach,^[2] and is the founder of The Bach Store,^[2] a pop-up venue which transforms vacant storefronts into temporary concert spaces.^[6] A devoted specialist to the music of J.S. Bach,^[7] he is the creator of the WTF Bach Podcast.^[8] He is a winner of the Inaugural Alumni Enterprise Award^[9] from the Music Academy of the West, and is a Yamaha Artist.^[10]

Evan Shinners is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal.^[11]

Discography

As Evan Shinners

• @Bach (2011) ^[12]
• J.S. Bach Toccatas BWV 910-916 (2013) ^[13]
• J.S. Bach English Suites (2018)
• J.S. Bach French Suites (2018)
• J.S. Bach Organ Sonatas (2018)
• The Shape of Bach to Come (2018)
• J.S. Bach: Complete Fantasies for Solo Keyboard (2020)
• J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Works Vol.1 - Five Early Suites (2024) ^[14]
• J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Works Vol.2 - Original Compositions for Lute (2024)^[14]
• J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Works Vol.3 - Misc. Preludes and Fugues Pt. One (2024)^[14]
• J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Works Vol.4 - Partitas, Pt. One (2025)^[14]

As W.T.F. Bach

• Jello Sweets (2016)
• Shining Charles (HUGE VIBE) (2016)
• Englisch (2019)
• V!va (2019)