Szuyu Su is a pianist currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where she studies with Jon Kimura Parker. She won the Shepherd School Concerto Competition and will perform with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra in spring 2026. She also received the Silver Medal and the Audience Choice Award at the Young Texas Artists Competition and was invited to perform with the Texas Medical Center Orchestra. 
 
Szuyu attended the Music Academy of the West in 2023 as a fellowship recipient, where she won the Solo Piano Competition and premiered two Etudes by Samuel Adams. In 2024, she returned as a guest artist to present a solo recital, which included the premiere of in place, at hand by Anthony Cheung. 
 
Her honors include the CHIMEI Arts Award, Second Prize at the 2022 Mieczysław Münz Piano Competition and the 2019 Beijing Chopin Piano Competition, where she also received the award for Best Mazurka Performance. She advanced to the second stage of the 2021 Warsaw Chopin International Piano Competition and has since performed with orchestras and given recitals at various venues. 
 
Originally from Tainan, Taiwan, Szuyu began playing the piano at age four. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and her Master’s degree from The Juilliard School.