Gunilla Süssmann

Gunilla Süssmann (born 22 June 1977 in Bergen) is a Norwegian classical pianist.

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 Sergei Rachmaninoff. In 2007 she released her second CD, Malinconia, together with cellist Tanja Tetzlaff, featuring works by Rachmaninov, Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius.

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 2011: Brahms: Cello Sonatas (Avi Music), with Tanja Tetzlaff