Gunilla Süssmann (born 22 June 1977 in

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, is a Norwegian classical

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Career

Having played the piano since the age of six, Süssmann graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2002, and got her soloist diploma from the Music Academy in Hanover in 2003. She released her first solo CD, ''Tockà'' (alluding to Russian тоска, ''toska'', meaning “longing”), in 2005, performing selected works by Alexander Scriabin and

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. In 2007 she released her second CD, ''Malinconia'', together with cellist

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, featuring works by Rachmaninov, Edvard Grieg and

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Discography (in selection)

Solo piano

*2005: ''Tockà'' (NMA), piano sonatas by Alexander Scriabin &

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Collaborations

*2002: ''Geirr Tveitt: Piano Concerto No. 4 "Aurora Borealis"'' (Naxos), with Håvard Gimse & the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Bjarte Engeset *2007: ''Malinconia'' (Avi Music), with Tanja Tetzlaff *2009: ''Catharinus Elling: Haugtussa and German Lieder'' ( Simax Classics), with, Ann-Helen Moen (soprano) *2011: ''Brahms: Cello Sonatas'' (Avi Music), with Tanja Tetzlaff *2013: ''Boulanger, Hindemith, Debussy'' (Avi-Music), with C. Tetzlaff, A. Ibragimova, W. Li, V. Jacobsen, T. Tetzlaff, G. Rivinius, B. LaFolette, A. Hitaj, & L. Vogt

References

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