Zubin Mehta: "Susanna Artzt played with me Saint-Saens’ 2. Piano Concerto in 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 absolutely impressed by her playing! I wish others would have the opportunity to hear this such a promising artist! I am sure they will agree with me.” WAZ, Germany: “A Star in the sky - The young pianist Susanna Artzt stood out brilliantly: The artist performed Mozart’s piano concerto in C-major, KV 503 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. Since her early childhood she showed a special musical talent.At the age of 15 she was Croatia's youngest student when she was accepted in the class of Vladimir Krpan at the Zagreb Music Academy, who himself was a pupil of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.Three years later, she finished her studies with a diploma „with distinction“. At the age of 17 she gave her highly acclaimed debut with Orchestra, performing Bruno Bjelinski‘s piano concerto with the Zagreb Symphony Orchestra.Paul Badura-Skoda, who described her as an „exceptional piano talent”, invited her when she was 16 to attend his class in Vienna at the University of Music. She completed her piano studies there as a Magistra artium with Michael Krist and achieved perfection during her post-graduate studies with Peter Efler.She also worked together with other prominent pianists, such as Jacob Lateiner, Murray Perahia, Rudolf Kehrer and Evgenij Timakin in the course of master classes. During her study period Susanna Artzt was several times a prize winner in international piano competitions.All three of her solo CDs have brought her high critical acclaim internationally and Piano News named her debut CD with pieces by Debussy, Scriabin and Lili Boulanger „Classic CD of the Double-months“. Her second solo-CD recording „La Valse“, released by Gramola Vienna, contains the World Premiere Recordings of the complete „Six Polonaises mélancoliques“ by Franz Xaver Mozart as well as the „Two Valse-Impromptus“ by Franz Schreker.Susanna Artzt has performed in concert-halls such as the „Vienna Musikverein“, the „Vienna Konzerthaus“, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Lisinski Hall in Zagreb, Philharmonia Bratislava, as well as in concert halls in London, New York, Pittsburgh, Mumbai, Cologne etc. She has been invited to festivals like „Klangbogen Wien“, „Biennale Zagreb–World Music Days“, „Heidelberger Frühling”, “Weilburger Schlosskonzerte”, „Chopin Festival Gaming“, „Contemporary Music Weeks“ Bucharest, and so forth and made radio and TV recordings for the ORF, WDR, BR, RAI und HRT. Her concertos with orchestra are highly acclaimed, like the g minor concerto by Camille Saint-Saens, which the pianist performed with outstanding success in the Prinzregententheater in Munich, invited by and under the direction of Zubin Mehta. After this concert Zubin Mehta wrote: "Susanna Artzt played with me Saint-Saens‘ 2. Piano Concerto with true virtuosity. I am convinced she has a great career ahead.“ Shortly after Susanna Artzt made her debut in New York, where she performed the „Waltz-Impromptus“ op. 9 by Franz Schreker as an American debut performance. While her lively solo concert activities are at the core of her artistic life, Susanna Artzt also undertakes chamber-music encounters with popular partners, such as the violinist Carolin Widmann, the cellists Othmar Müller (Artis Quartett) and Christophe Pantillon (Aron-Quartett) and with members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as the principal cellist Tamás Varga or the principal double-bass player Ödön Racz. She also has worked together with actors Karl Markovics, Dorothee Hartinger and Michael König.With her husband, the Viennese pianist Manfred Wagner-Artzt, she performs since 1998 successfully as the „Arsio Piano Duo“. The Irish composer John McLachlan dedicated his piece „Radical Roots for two Pianos“ to the Arsio Piano Duo. They also recorded the complete works for piano duo by Claude Debussy for WDR. Susanna Artzt's wide-ranging repertoire includes works trom the Baroque to the contemporary modern, whereby she oftenly consecrates herself to the discovery of unknown treasures and the affectionate reanimation of forgotten preciosities. She gives her special attention to the French „Impressionists“ as well as to Mozart, Chopin and Scriabin. The pianists third solo-CD, dedicated to the works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has been released in 2014 and has promptly received excellent reviews in Austria and abroad.