Mi-Hyun Suh, 17-year-old pianist, resides in Rowland Heights, California and attends Diamond Bar High School. She began studying piano at age 5 and is currently under the tutelage of Rufus Choi. Receiving many accolades at numerous competitions, Mi-Hyun was the first prize winner of the Korean Times Children’s Music Competition, the MTAC OC Theme Festival Competition, and the CAPMT Concerto Competition. She was also the winner of the Diamond Bar High School Concerto Competition, the MTAC OC Concerto Competition, and the Edith Knox Concerto Competition. Mi-Hyun has appeared as soloist with the Diamond Bar High School Symphony Orchestra and the Orange County Symphony Orchestra. She will perform with the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra in November 2020. More recently, she was named a 2020 National YoungArts winner and a semifinalist for the 2020 Music Center’s Spotlight Program. She has received masterclasses from Grace Fong, David Lisker, Oxana Yablonskaya, Daniel Lessner, Lucinda Carver, and Ory Shihor, as well as private instruction from Christopher O’Riley. Mi-Hyun is also an active chamber musician. Her past piano trio has been awarded the Silver Medal and the Andrew Cook Beethoven Prize from the Pasadena Conservatory of Music Chamber Music Competition. She enjoys playing the flute as well and has received top prizes from the Lansum International Competition, Junior Bach Festival, and SYMF Young Artists Competition. During the 2016-17 orchestra season, she was given the title as Principal Flutist and performed with Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra as the winner of the concerto competition. Mi-Hyun has also been involved in many outreach programs, such as the Junior Chamber Music Student Service Alliance and the Salvation Army Benefit Concerts.
Outside of music, Mi-Hyun enjoys reading and analyzing English literature, as well as occasional photography and drawing. She has also done Korean traditional folk dancing and was a member of the Korean American Young Artists Choir and California Children’s Choir.
Outside of music, Mi-Hyun enjoys reading and analyzing English literature, as well as occasional photography and drawing. She has also done Korean traditional folk dancing and was a member of the Korean American Young Artists Choir and California Children’s Choir.