Soo Bae (born 1976or1977) is a Korean-Canadian cellist. She is a first-place winner of the 2006 Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank National Competition, which included a three-year loan of the Bonjour Stradivarius Cello.
Soo Bae was born in Seoul, South Korea [1] in 1976or1977. [2] She began learning to play cello at age six, and has an older sister who played piano, as well as an older sister who played the violin. [3] Bae and her family moved to Toronto when she was eight. [3]
Her education includes the Royal Conservatory of Music, and then the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she completed her Bachelor of Music in 2001. [1] Bae completed her Masters of Music degree and the Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School. [1]
Bae began her career at age 11 with the Korean Canadian Symphony. [1]
Bae has won several awards and competitions, most notably the 2006 Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank National Competition. Her first place award is the three-year loan of the (c.1696) Bonjour Stradivarius Cello. [4] [2] [5] She was also a winner of the 2005 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, [3] [6] and was awarded in the 2006 Adam International Cello Festival and Competition. [7] In 2014, she was loaned the Ivashkin Joseph Guarneri filius andreae of 1710 cello for five years, which had been permanently loaned to cellist Alexander Ivashkin before his death. [5]
Bae has collaborated with other musicians, including as a duo with jazz clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera, in a trio with fiddle player Mark O'Connor and pianist Soyeon Lee, [8] and in the duo "Walk 132" with her pianist and guitarist husband Jason Suh. [2] She has also performed with the Musicians from Marlboro tour. [9]
Bae has also had works composed for her by the composers Huang Ruo ("Four Fragments") [2] and Jay Gach ("Elements of Style"). [10]
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