Cellist William Suh has been recognized for his engaging musicianship, dynamic tonal color and artistic sincerity in concerts throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. The first prizewinner of the National Federation of Music Clubs Artists Competition, Suh has received first prizes from the Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Artist Awards, Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition, Music Teachers National Association String Competition and the concerto competitions of The Juilliard School, Aspen Music Festival and New England Conservatory. Suh also holds top awards from the New York International Artists Association and Hellam Young Artist competitions. A recipient of the Aldo Parisot Prize and Broadus Erle Prize from the Yale School of Music and 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 highlights include Suh’s Merkin Hall recital debut presented by the Kaufman Music Center and his debut at Alice Tully Hall, featuring Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Juilliard Orchestra and Earl Lee. Suh has appeared at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts in Chicago, the Friends of Classical Music Series in Greenport, Long Island, and the St. Botolph Club Foundation in Boston, where he was the recipient of the 2025 Artist Award. Notable past concerts include Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Kyoto International Music Festival Orchestra at the Art Live Theater International Hall in Kyoto, Japan, his New York City debut recital at Scandinavia House presented by the Musicians Club of New York, and his European recital debut at the Paesaggi Musicali Toscani Festival in Val d’Orcia, Italy. In recent seasons, Suh has presented major works of the cello concerto repertoire with the Savannah Philharmonic, Lowell Chamber Orchestra, Hudson Valley Symphony, Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, and the New England Conservatory Symphony and Hugh Wolff at Jordan Hall.

Suh’s chamber music collaborations include concerts with distinguished artists such as Augustin Hadelich, Inon Barnatan, Melvin Chen, Phillip Ying, and the late Roger Tapping. Festival appearances include Norfolk, Kneisel Hall, 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 Perlman Music Program Summer Music School and its Suncoast Winter Residency, where he studied under Clara Kim, Zvi Plesser, and Astrid Schween.

Suh is an Artist Diploma candidate at The Juilliard School, where he serves as a teaching assistant to Natasha Brofsky and Astrid Schween. He holds degrees from the Yale School of Music, New England Conservatory, and an Academy Diploma from the Colburn School. Suh’s principal mentors include Natasha Brofsky, Astrid Schween, the late Joel Krosnick, Paul Watkins, Paul Katz and Clive Greensmith; further studies included masterclasses with Marc Coppey, Frans Helmerson, Steven Isserlis, Laurence Lesser and Truls Mørk. Suh performs on a 1913 cello by Carl Becker Sr. on generous loan from the Colburn Collection. | williamsuh.com