Zubin Mehta: "Susanna Artzt played with me Saint-Saens’ 2. Piano Concertoin Munich with true virtuosity. I am convinced she has a great career ahead."Nelson Freire: “I’ve just heard pianist Susanna Artzt and have been absolutelyimpressed by her playing! I wish others would have the opportunity to hearthis such a promising artist! I am sure they will agree with me.”WAZ, Germany: “A Star in the sky - The young pianist Susanna Artzt stoodout brilliantly: The artist performed Mozart’s piano concerto in C-major, KV503 brilliantly and in a wonderful balance with the orchestra. Highly sensitive,with a radiant richness of tone and a soulful lightness.”Die Presse, Vienna: “Enchanting piano pearls – Susanna Artzt, pianist,enchanted in the Brahmssaal of the Vienna’s Musikverein”___________________________________________________________________The Viennese pianist Susanna Artzt comes from a multicultural family. In earlychildhood she already displayed prodigious musical talent.At the age of 15 she was admitted to Zagreb Music Academy as the youngeststudent in the class of Vladimir Krpan, who himself had been a pupil of ArturoBenedetti Michelangeli. Three years later she completed her studies,graduating "with distinction". At the age of 17 she made her highly acclaimedorchestral debut,performing Bruno Bjelinski's piano concerto with the ZagrebSymphony Orchestra. Paul Badura-Skoda, who described her as an "exceptionally giftedpianist", invited her when she was 16 to attend his class at the Universityof Music in Vienna. She completed her studies there as a Magistra Artiumunder Michael Krist, before further perfecting her pianism duringpostgraduate studies with Peter Efler. She also worked with other eminentpianists such as Jacob Lateiner, Murray Perahia, Rudolf Kehrer and EvgenijTimakin in a number of master classes. During her studies Susanna Artzt wasa prize winner several times in international piano competitions.All three of her solo CDs have brought her high critical acclaiminternationally. Piano News named her debut CD with pieces by Debussy,Scriabin and Lili Boulanger the best classic CD in two months. Her secondsolo CD "La Valse", released on Gramola Vienna, presents the world premiererecordings of the complete Six Polonaises mélancoliques by Franz XaverMozart as well as Franz Schreker's Two Waltz-Impromptus.Susanna Artzt has performed at the Vienna Musikverein, the ViennaKonzerthaus, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, Lisinski Hall in Zagreb,Bratislava Philharmonia as well as at concert halls in London, New York,Pittsburgh, Mumbai and Cologne among others. She has been invited to playat the festivals Klangbogen Wien, Biennale Zagreb–World Music Days,Heidelberger Frühling, Weilburger Schlosskonzerte, Chopin Festival Gaming,Contemporary Music Weeks in Bucharest and has made radio and TVrecordings for ORF, WDR, BR, RAI and HRT. Her concerts with orchestra are highly acclaimed, like the Concerto in Gminor by Camille Saint-Saens, which the pianist performed withoutstanding success in the Prinzregententheater in Munich, invited by andunder the direction of Zubin Mehta. After the concert Zubin Mehta wrote:"Susanna Artzt played with me Saint-Saens' 2nd Piano Concerto with truevirtuosity. I am convinced she has a great career ahead." Shortly afterwardsSusanna Artzt made her debut in New York, where she gave the Americanpremiere of the Waltz-Impromptus op. 9 by Franz Schreker. While solo performances are at the centre of her active artistic life, SusannaArtzt also plays chamber music with sought-after partners such as theviolinist Carolin Widmann, the cellists Othmar Müller (Artis Quartett) andChristophe Pantillon (Aron-Quartett) and with members of the ViennaPhilharmonic Orchestra, e.g. the principal cellist Tamás Varga or the principaldouble-bass player Ödön Racz. She has also worked with actors KarlMarkovics, Dorothee Hartinger and Michael König. She and her husband, the Viennese pianist Manfred Wagner-Artzt, haveperformed as the Arsio Piano Duo with great success since 1998. The Irishcomposer John McLachlan dedicated his piano duo piece Radical Roots tothe Arsio Piano Duo. Together they have also recorded Claude Debussy'scomplete works for piano duo for the German broadcaster WDR. Susanna Artzt's wide repertoire ranges from the Baroque to contemporarymusic. A particular interest of hers is the rediscovery of unknown treasuresand the affectionate revival of forgotten delights. She devotes specialattention to the French Impressionists as well as to Mozart, Chopin andScriabin. The pianist's third solo CD, dedicated to the oeuvre of WolfgangAmadeus Mozart, was released in 2014 and promptly receivedexcellent reviews in Austria and abroad.