Cellist William Suh has been recognized for his engaging musicianship, dynamically colored playing and artistic sincerity in concerts across the United States, Asia, and Europe. 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, 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 WQXR, WMFT, and National Public Radio. 

Recent and upcoming concerts include solo appearances with the Savannah Philharmonic and Lowell Chamber Orchestra, along with recital engagements presented by the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts (Chicago, IL), the Friends of Classical Music series (Greenport, NY), and the St. Botolph Club Foundation (Boston, MA), where he was recognized with the 2025 Emerging Artist Award. Notable past performances include appearances at the Art Live Theater International Hall in Kyoto, Japan with the Kyoto International Music Festival Orchestra, the Paesaggi Musicali Toscani festival in Val d’Orcia, Italy, and Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. Suh has also appeared as a soloist with the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, and the New England Conservatory Symphony at Jordan Hall under the direction of Hugh Wolff.

As a chamber musician, Suh has collaborated in performances with distinguished artists such as Augustin Hadelich, Inon Barnatan, Phillip Ying, and the late Roger Tapping. Festival 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 an Academy Diploma from the Colburn School. Suh’s current and former principal teachers include the late 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 partnerships and program operations for CelloBello. He performs on a 1913 cello by Carl Becker Sr. on generous loan from the Colburn Collection.