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 prize winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artists Competition, Suh’s honors include the Aldo Parisot Prize and Broadus Erle Prize from the Yale School of Music and first prizes from the 57th Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards, the 50th 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 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 Suh’s Alice Tully Hall debut, performing Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Juilliard Orchestra and Earl Lee, Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Savannah Philharmonic and Darko Butorac, and Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2 with the Lowell Chamber Orchestra. He has also been featured in recital at 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 received the 2025 Emerging Artist Award. Notable past appearances include performances at the Art Live Theater International Hall in Kyoto with the Kyoto International Music Festival Orchestra, his New York City debut recital presented by the Musicians Club of New York, and the Paesaggi Musicali Toscani Festival in Val d’Orcia, Italy. Suh has also appeared as 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 with distinguished artists including 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 current and former principal mentors include Natasha Brofsky, Astrid Schween, the late Joel Krosnick, Paul Watkins, Paul Katz and Clive Greensmith; further studies included masterclasses and lessons 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.