ESTHER JEEHAE AHN
PIANO

Esther Jeehae Ahn has captivated international audiences with her rare blend of musical brilliance, sensitivity, and depth. Praised by The Boston Musical Intelligencer for her interpretive coherence and grace, she has performed at major venues worldwide, including Lincoln Center, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Seoul Arts Center, and Moscow Conservatory.

Esther holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Piano Performance from the New England Conservatory, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music. A versatile soloist, chamber musician, and educator, she has recently been appointed as Assistant Professor and Director of Keyboard Studies at the University of Central Florida. Previously, she served as Assistant Professor of Piano at Weber State University, where she also directed the Piano Festival and Accompanying area.

Esther also serves on faculty at Bay PianoFest at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and chairs the MTNA Piano Performance Competition for Utah. Her 2025–26 season includes concerts across the U.S., an artist residency at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, a contemporary solo recital with NEXT Ensemble, and two album releases.

GUY FISHMAN
CELLO

Guy Fishman is principal cellist of the Handel and Haydn Society, with which he made his Symphony Hall solo debut in 2005.

A Fulbright Fellow, he is in demand as an early music specialist in the United States and Europe, having performed as principal cellist and with Tafelmusik, Seraphic Fire, Bach Charlotte, Arcadia Players, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Querelle des Bouffons, Emmanuel Music, the Boston Museum Trio, Boulder Bach Festival, El Mundo, and with Boston Baroque and Apollo’s Fire, among others.

His playing has been praised as “plangent” by The Boston Globe, “electrifying” by The New York Times, and “beautiful....noble” by the Boston Herald, and “dazzling” by the Portland Press Herald. The Boston Musical Intelligencer related having “… heard greater depth in [Haydn concerto] than I have in quite some time.”  

Guy serves on the faculty at New England Conservatory.

Guy is a Bach Charlotte Co-Artistic Leader.

NICHOLAS SUSI
PIANO

Described in The WholeNote as “an innovative musician and aggressive thinker with a gift for keyboard brilliance,” Dr. Nicholas Susi enjoys a multifaceted career living out his deep love of music. He recognizes that Classical music has been a transformative force in his life, and seeks to share its power with others through his teaching and performing.

Dr. Susi’s research has been awarded grants from such organizations as the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation, and Legacy Foundation for the Arts.

Dr. Susi is Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of South Carolina, President of the American Matthay Association, and Associate Director of the Southeastern Piano Festival. 

He completed his doctorate at the University of Michigan, with previous studies at the University of Kansas and at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln as a two-time DAAD grantee.