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One of the foremost violinist in the UK, Susanne Stanzeleit has performed worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician. Her extensive repertoire features many commissions and UK premières of works by composers such as Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, John Adams, Lou Harrison, György Kurtág, John Woolrich, Philip Cashian and many others.

Susanne regularly broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM and major TV and radio stations abroad. Her long list of critically acclaimed commercial recordings features the complete works of Bartók, Enescu and Dvorák as well as Beethoven violin sonatas, works Camilleri, Cooke, Leighton and an extensive series of English sonata recordings. Chamber discs include six CDs with the Edinburgh Quartet and eight with the Primrose Quartet, all on Meridian.

From 2008-2013 Susanne was leader of the Maggini Quartet, one of the finest and most recorded string quartets in the UK today. She also led the Werethina String Quartet for many years and the Edinburgh String Quartet between 1999-2002. She is in high demand as guest-leader of many of the foremost chamber orchestras, ensembles and contemporary music groups in the UK. Susanne taught at the Royal Welsh College, was Head of Strings at the London College of Music from 2002 - 2006 and now teaches at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

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