Susanne Peters

Susanne Peters (b. 1988, Saarbrücken, Germany) is a flutist dedicated to the performance of contemporary music.

Susanne earned her Bachelor’s degree at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, The Netherlands, where she studied with Kersten McCall and was a member of the ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble’s Ligeti Academy. She continued her studies with Pirmin Grehl at the Hochschule Luzern, receiving a Master’s degree with distinction in contemporary music performance.

Susanne has been involved with contemporary music on a professional level since the beginning of her studies in The Netherlands, most notably with with the ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble and in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s AAA series. Since moving to Luzern she has performed in the Lucerne Festival and with the Luzern Festival Academy, plays regularly with Ensemble Contrechamps, Geneva, and Ensemble Proton, Bern. She is a member of Collegium Novum, Zürich, and is a founding member of Oerknal!, a new music ensemble based in The Netherlands. She has worked closely with composers Beat Furrer, Hans Zender, Heinz Holliger, Isabel Mundry, Jason Eckardt, Lewis Nielson, Chaya Czernowin, Bernhard Lang, Dieter Ammann, Simon Steen-Andersen, Kyle Bartlett, Reiko Füting, among others.

Susanne is active in several chamber groups and has a particular passion for introducing younger audiences to the world of contemporary music. She was able to develop her orchestral skills in the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Akademie during the 2013/14 season.

Susanne currently lives between Luzern and Amsterdam.

Susanne Peters’s tracks

• Lewis Nielson "YOU CHOOSE!" by Susanne Peters
• Heinz Holliger "(t)air(e)" by Susanne Peters
• Brian Ferneyhough "Cassandra´s dream song" by Susanne Peters
• James Dillon "Sgothan" by Susanne Peters
• I. Stravinsky "Epitaphium", P. Boulez "Memoriale(explosante-fixe...Originel)" by Susanne Peters