For decades, Tanja Tetzlaff has been one of the most influential musicians of her generation, both
as soloist and chamber musician. Her playing is characterized by a uniquely fine yet powerful and
nuanced sound, which always goes hand in hand with cultivated musicality. Tanja Tetzlaff’s trademark
is her extraordinarily broad repertoire and her desire for new, groundbreaking concert formats.
In April 2021, Tanja Tetzlaff became the first scholarship holder to be awarded the highly endowed
Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship of the city of Weimar. She now has the opportunity to realize a two-year
film project relating Bach’s famous cello suites to nature and climate change issues: Suites4Nature /
Suites for a Wounded World.
Tanja Tetzlaff is a founding member of the Tetzlaff Quartet (Christian Tetzlaff, Elisabeth Kufferath,
and Hanna Weinmeister). She plays a cello by Giovanni Baptista Guadagnini from 1776.
In recent years, Norwegian pianist Gunilla Süssmann has been reaping steadily increasing acclaim and has become a much sought-after artist on an international level. Her virtuosity, combined with strong sensitivity and imagination, is highly praised, and her thoroughly personal, passionate interpretations forge a unique bond with audiences and critics. She has performed in venues such as Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, the Louvre, and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, and is a popular guest at major chamber music festivals in Norway and across Europe. The English Chamber Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic, the WDR Cologne and the Staatskapelle Weimar are amongst the many orchestras with whom she has played. Chamber music holds a special place in her heart, and the core of that devotion is her 12-year collaboration with cellist Tanja Tetzlaff. Critics describe their symbiotic playing as magical, and the duo has recorded two CDs on the Avi label.