Karen Su was born into a musical family and received her first lessons from her father, Elmer Su. She was then admitted to the Rotterdam Conservatoire and studied under Vesna Gruppman and Igor Gruppman. As a soloist, she has performed with orchestras around the world, such as the University of Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra in Mexico, the Fujian Symphony Orchestra in China, the Codarts Symphony Orchestra in the Netherlands, as well as with orchestras in the United States. In June 2018, at the age of 19, Karen Su graduated summa cum laude from the Rotterdam Conservatoire. In September 2018 she performed Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 1 as part of the Gergiev Festival organised by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Karen Su is Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in the class of Augustin Dumay.

Instrument: Nicolò Gagliano (1747)

Teachers

2020 - : Augustin Dumay
2014 - 2019 : Igor Gruppman
2003 - 2019 : Vesna Gruppman

Degrees

2020 - : Artist Diploma, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

Concerts

2023 : Arsonic, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonië
2023 : Amsterdam Concertgebouw
2022 : Flagey Studio 4, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
2022 : Filharmonia Poznanska, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra Polish Radio
2021 : Olavshallen, Trondheim Symfoniorkester & Opera
2019 : TivoliVredenburg
2019 : Teatro Principal de Guanajuato, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Universidad de Guanajuato
2019 : Foro Boca, Boca del Rio Philharmonic
2019 : De doelen, Gergiev Festival

Competitions

2022 : Special Prize, Wieniawski Competition
2021 : 2nd, Princess Astrid International Violin Competition
2020 : 1st & 3 special prizes, Lipizer International Violin Competition