Conductor _ Jun Suh

Jin Suh was inaugurated as the second conductor of the Gwacheon Symphony Orchestra in 2014.

Jin Suh hailed from South Korea and studied overseas at Hanns-Eisler School of Music in Berlin with Christian Ehwald, Hans-Dieter Baum and graduated cum laude. He has won numerous prizes including the 1st prize in the Donga Music Competition in cello division. He was awarded with a ‘Special Award’ for contemporary music in Croatia’s 4th Lovro von Matačić International Conducting Competition as a Korean for the first time. In 2007, he received an honorary diploma from Seoul Arts High School and in 2020, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism awarded him the “Today’s Young Artist Award” for contributions in the development of culture and arts in Korea.

Jin Suh was selected as one of four leading newcomer conductors conducting the Critical Orchestra. Jin Suh conducted the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne at the 130th France-Korea anniversary, the world premiere of the composer Jeajoon Rhy’s Sinfonietta per Archi with The Best of the Ensemble OPUS, the North Czech Philharmonic, the Gorzowska Philharmonic, The Brandenburger Symphoniker, the Luebeck Symphony, the Zagreb Radio Broadcasting Orchestra, the St. Petersburg State Capella Symphony etc. In Korea he has performed as a guest conductor in numerous orchestras including Seoul Philharmonic, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic, at 35th anniversary concert of KBS Classic FM, the Korean Symphony, Daegu Philharmonic, the Best of the Ensemble OPUS, Jeju Philharmonic, Gwangju Philharmonic, Busan Philharmonic and Korean Senior Symphony Orchestra.

In 2019, he has released the album ‘Rachmaninoff Symphony No.2 in e minor, Op.27’ with the Gwacheon Philharmonic Orchestra on <Sony Label>.

Currently Jin Suh is a Music Director at Gwacheon Symphony Orchestra, Cross Chamber Orchestra and Music Director of Paju Heyri Art Village. He is a conductor and lecturer of the College of Music at the Seoul National University, and also an honorary ambassador of the NGO BringUp International.