Susanna Andersson

Born in the Swedish city of Östersund, Susanna Andersson's musical education began at Sweden's Ljungskile College Institute where her potential was recognised and a move to London to pursue her studies encouraged. Susanna joined the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and recently graduated with First Class Honours from the Opera Course as well as being the 2004 winner of the prestigious Gold Medal Competition. In that same year Susanna also won the coveted Song Prize at the annual Kathleen Ferrier Awards held at London's Wigmore Hall.

Susanna has already amassed a wealth of professional experience on both the opera and concert stages. Her operatic roles to date have included Atalanta in Handel's Xerxes, Micaela/Carmen, Queen of the Night/Zauberflöte, Lucia in Britten's Rape of Lucretia and Flora in Turn of the Screw, Philine in Thomas' Mignon as well as Therese in Les Mamelles de Tiresias.Last year, Susanna Andersson enjoyed both critical and audience success as Susanna in the Stephen Langridge production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro at the Guildhall, with Opera magazine favourably reviewing her 2005 debut at Grange Park Opera as Zerlina, '& the bright-voiced Susanna Andersson (Zerlina) confirmed all the sparkle and promise that she showed as Philine in the Guildhall's recent Mignon'.

As a concert performer, Susanna has already built up a varied repertory of works by Bach, Berlioz, Britten, Faure, Gounod, Handel, Mozart, Pergolesi and Vivaldi. In the past seasons, she has debuted with the Royal Stockholm and Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestras as well as with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Stockholm Sinfonietta and English Chamber Orchestra.

Susanna Andersson performed as the guest artist at the 2004 Nobel Prize Ceremony in Stockholm, broadcast live on worldwide television, radio and internet.