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Canadian-Korean cellist Soo Bae has been praised by The New Yorker as "superb" and by The Strad for her "rich and romantic playing with crisp, incisive technique." She has performed throughout the world, appearing in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Spain, Austria, Germany, Italy, South America, Canada, and the United States. Her performances have taken her to many of the world's distinguished concert halls, including a sold-out debut recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, the Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai, and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. She was also the featured soloist for the closing ceremony of the Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, performing on Pablo Casals' own cello.

A winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, Ms. Bae was honored as Musician of the Month by Musical America. In 2006, she received First Prize in the Canada Council for the Arts Instrument Bank Competition, earning a three-year loan of the renowned 1696 Bonjour Stradivari cello. Earlier that year, she became the first Canadian ever to win a prize at the Adam International Cello Festival and Competition in New Zealand. In 2009, she received the Juilliard School's McGraw-Hill Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach.

As a concerto soloist, Ms. Bae has appeared with the University of Chicago Symphony, Sinfonia Toronto, Orchestra London, Tacoma Symphony, Minnesota Sinfonia, New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra, Scottsdale Symphony, Ohio Valley Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Oakville Symphony, Kingston Symphony, Korean Canadian Symphony, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (New Zealand), Asian Youth Orchestra, and numerous other ensembles. Her performances have also been featured on WXQR-FM, CBC Radio Canada, CTV Canada, RTHK Radio Hong Kong, WSKG Public Radio, KSUH Radio, Hankook Television, and CGNTV-USA.

An avid chamber musician, Ms. Bae has collaborated with distinguished artists including Richard Goode, Charles Neidich, Lynn Harrell, Gilbert Kalish, Mitsuko Uchida, Joel Smirnoff, and members of the Guarneri and Juilliard Quartets. She has toured extensively with Musicians from Marlboro and has appeared at the Marlboro, Yellow Barn, Amelia Island, Sarasota, Orford, and Verbier music festivals.

A passionate advocate for contemporary music, Ms. Bae has premiered and commissioned works written especially for her by composers including Huang Ruo, David Ludwig, Zou Tian, and Shih-Hui Chen. She has also created numerous arrangements for solo cello and chamber ensembles. Thriving on innovative collaborations, she has performed and recorded with violinist-composer Mark O'Connor and jazz clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera, and is a member of the cello, guitar, and voice duo Walk 132, alongside her husband, Dr. Jason Suh.

In the orchestral world, Ms. Bae has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, and has served as principal cellist of the Curtis Orchestra, Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, New York String Seminar Orchestra, Haddonfield Symphony Orchestra, and as Guest Principal Cellist of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

A recording artist, Ms. Bae's acclaimed Naxos recording of Alfredo Piatti's complete Twelve Caprices was praised for its "staggering display of technical brilliance" and its ability to transform these legendary études into compelling musical works of art. Her latest recording projects for Naxos include the complete Dotzauer Cello Studies, Books 1 & 2, and her recording of the Complete Brahms Cello Sonatas with Centaur is scheduled for release in 2026. She has also previously recorded the complete Brahms Piano Trios for the Concert Artists Guild label with violinist Elizabeth Larson and pianist Mia Chung.

Equally devoted to teaching, Ms. Bae is an internationally sought-after pedagogue who has presented master classes throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. She has served as a juror for numerous prestigious competitions, including the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music Concerto Competitions, the Canada Council Instrument Bank Competition, the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and the New York String Orchestra Seminar in Carnegie Hall.

Ms. Bae is the founder and artistic director of the Angelos Mission Ensemble (AME) Chamber Music Program in New Jersey, an organization dedicated to training and empowering young musicians to serve their communities through music. She also serves on the faculty of Curtis Summerfest and has toured as part of Curtis on Tour.

Born in Seoul, Korea, Ms. Bae began studying the cello at the age of six before moving to Toronto two years later, where she enrolled at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Orlando Cole, and earned both her Master of Music degree and the prestigious Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School as a full-scholarship student. Following graduation, she served for four years as Assistant Faculty to Joel Krosnick at the Juilliard school. Her additional teachers include Harvey Shapiro, Timothy Eddy, David Soyer, and Peter Wiley.

Ms. Bae performs on the historic 1710 Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae ("The Ivashkin") cello and resides in New Jersey with her husband and their three children.

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Canadian Korean cellist Soo Bae, was recently praised by The New Yorker as “superb” and by The Strad, for being “rich and romantic with crisp incisive technique” She has performed across the world from HongKong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Spain, Austria, Germany, Italy, South America, Canada and the US, including a sold-out debut recital at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C , Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Japan. In addition, she was featured soloist for the closing ceremony of the Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, where she performed on Casals’ own instrument.

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As a concert soloist, she was recently honored as the musician of the month in Musical America Magazine. Ms. Bae is also a winner of the 2005 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. In 2006, the Canada Council of the Arts awarded her First Prize in its Instrument Bank Competition, resulting in a three-year loan of the ca. 1696 Bonjour Stradivari cello. Earlier that same year, she became the first Canadian ever to win a prize at the Adam International Cello Festival & Competition in New Zealand. In 2009, she was awarded the McGraw-Hills Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach from the Juilliard School.

Her recent CD for the Naxos label featuring all ​of the ​solo cello works by Alfredo Piatti has been praised for the ‘staggering di​​splay of technical brilliance and outstanding range of expression transforming these works, often thought of as nothing more than etudes, into fulfilling musical jewels’.​ ​An avid chamber musician, Ms. Bae has collaborated with celebrated artists such ​as ​Richard Goode, Charles Neidich, Lynn Harrell, Joel Smirnoff, Michael Tree, Mitsuko Uchida, Arnold Steinhardt, David Soyer​ ​​and ​Peter Wiley among others. She has also toured with “Musicians from Marlboro” and "Curtis on tour" ​appearing in numerous chamber music festivals including Marlboro, Yellow Barn, Amelia Island Music Festival, Sarasota, and Verbier. As a supporter of new music, Ms. Bae has premiered new solo cello works ​written ​especially for her by such renowned composers as Huang Ruo, David Ludwig​ and Shinuh Lee.​ 

Soo Bae received her Bachelor of Music from The Curtis Institute of Music under Orlando Cole and ​her ​Master of Music Degree and ​the prestigious ​Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School where she also served as assistant faculty under Joel Krosnick​. ​Intensely involved in teaching, Ms. Bae has given master classes around the globe and has been asked to judge for various competitions including the recent Juilliard and Manhattan School's Concerto Competition, The Canada Council Instrument Bank competition in Toronto, preliminary round Juror for the Concert Artist Guild International Competition, the New York String Orchestra in Carnegie Hall among many others.  ​ Ms. Bae is​ the​ director and founder of Angelos Mission Ensemble Chamber Music Program in New Jersey​ which is dedicated to training and empowering young musicians to serve and love the community through music. She also teaches at the Curtis Summerfest in Philadelphia and has participated as part of 'Curtis on tour'. 

Ms. Bae uses the historic Guarneri (The Ivashkin Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae of Cremona) cello dated 1710 and resides in New Jersey with her husband and three children.   www.soobae.com

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​Praised for playing that is “rich and romantic, with crisp incisive technique” (The Strad), Canadian-Korean cellist Soo Bae has performed in major venues across the world from HongKong, New Zealand, Spain, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Austria, Germany, Italy, South America, Canada and the US, including a sold-out debut solo recital at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. In addition, she was featured soloist for the closing ceremony of the Pablo Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, where she performed on Casals’ own instrument. A winner of the Concert Artist Guild International Competition, and the first Canadian ever to win a prize at the Adam International Competition, she received her BM from the Curtis Institute of Music; MM and AD from the Juilliard School, where she taught as an assistant faculty under Joel Krosnick. A recording artist with Naxos, Centaur, CAG labels, she is also a highly sought-after educator, teaching at the Curtis Summerfest, and serving as an invited guest judge for the Juilliard and Manhattan School’s concerto competition, The Canada Council Instrument Bank Competition and the New York String Orchestra in Carnegie Hall among others.  As an avid chamber musician, she has toured with 'Musicians from Marlboro' and is a founder/director of AME chamber music program in NJ where she resides with her husband and three children.  Ms. Bae plays on the historic 1710 Andrea Guarneri cello. 

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