Susanne Peters
FLUTE
Susanne Peters (born in 1988 in Saarbrücken, Germany) is a flautist dedicated to the performance of contemporary music. She obtained her bachelor’s degree at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, the Netherlands, where she studied with Kersten McCall and was a member of the ASKO / Schoenberg Ensemble’s Ligeti Academy.
She continued her studies with Pirmin Grehl at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, obtaining a Master’s degree with distinction in contemporary music performance.
Susanne has been involved in contemporary music at a professional level since the start of her studies in the Netherlands, notably with the ASKO / Schoenberg Ensemble and in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s AAA series.
Since moving to Switzerland, she has performed at the Lucerne Festival and the festival’s Academy, as well as with the Ensemble Contrechamps in Geneva, the NEC in La Chaux-de-Fonds and the Ensemble Proton in Bern. She is a member of the Collegium Novum Zurich and a founding member of Oerknal!, an ensemble based in the Netherlands.
Susanne is active in several chamber music groups and has a particular passion for outreach and introducing young audiences to the world of contemporary music. She was able to develop her orchestral skills at the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Akademie during the 2013–2014 season. Susanne currently divides her time between Basel and Amsterdam.