Cellist William Suh has been acclaimed for his engaging musicianship, dynamically colored playing and artistic sincerity. A recipient of the Aldo Parisot Prize & Broadus Erle Prize at the Yale School of Music, Suh was awarded first prizes at the National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artists Competition, the 57th Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards by the Musicians Club of New York, the 50th Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition, the Aspen Music Festival Concerto Competition, New England Conservatory Concerto Competition and the Music Teachers National Association String Competition. Suh also holds top honors from the New York International Artists Association and Hellam Young Artist competitions. A recipient of the Young Artist Award from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Suh’s performances have been featured on National Public Radio, WQXR and Hawaii Public Radio. 

Suh’s recent and upcoming performances feature solo appearances with the Savannah Philharmonic, Kyoto International Music Festival Orchestra, Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra, and the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra. Notable engagements include performances at Jordan Hall with the New England Conservatory Symphony under Maestro Hugh Wolff, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, and the Paesaggi Musicali Toscani festival in Val d’Orcia, Italy.

As a chamber musician, Suh has had the privilege of collaborating and performing with artists including Augustin Hadelich, Inon Barnatan, Phillip Ying, and the late Roger Tapping. Suh’s appearances include the Norfolk and Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festivals, the Fellowship Program of the Bowdoin International Music Festival, and the Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop; he has also worked with members of the Cleveland, Emerson, Guarneri, Juilliard & Tokyo string quartets and the Weilerstein trio. Suh’s formative years of study were through the Summer Music School of the Perlman Music Program and its Suncoast Winter Residency, where he studied under Astrid Schween, Clara Kim and Zvi Plesser.

Suh is an Artist Diploma candidate at The Juilliard School. He holds degrees from the Yale School of Music (M.M., M.M.A.), the New England Conservatory (B.M. with honors), and is a graduate of the Colburn Music Academy. Suh’s current and former principal teachers include Joel Krosnick, Paul Watkins, Paul Katz and Clive Greensmith; he has also appeared in masterclasses with Marc Coppey, Frans Helmerson, Steven Isserlis, Laurence Lesser and Truls Mørk. An advocate for the democratization of music education, Suh manages program operations for CelloBello. He performs on a 1913 cello by Carl Becker Sr. provided by a generous loan from the Colburn Collection.