Biography
The emerging Swiss pianist Susanna Braun made her debut at the Tonhalle Zürich in 2024, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto KV 466 and earned praise for her “sensitive touch, high virtuosity, and expressiveness” (Schaffhauser Nachrichten). In June 2025, she appeared with the BBC Philharmonic, performing Bacewicz’s Piano Concerto, which was also recorded for a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast. The Arts Desk described her interpretation as “gentle, bittersweet and evocative”. Her collaborations also include the Manchester Camerata, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Sinfonietta Schaffhausen, the Jena Philharmonie, and the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, among others.
She regularly performs at renowned venues across Europe, including including TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Tonhalle Zürich (Great and Small Hall), BBC Philharmonic Studio, RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music) Concert Hall, St Mary’s Perivale, St James’s Church Piccadilly, London’s Steinway Hall, Manchester’s Bridgewater and Stoller Hall, Birmingham Town Hall, Weimarhalle, Bechstein Centrum Hamburg, Spiegelzaal of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, and Ehrbar Hall in Vienna.
She has already earned significant international recognition. In 2025, she reached the semifinals of the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht; in 2024 she was a top ten candidate at the Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition in Monza and one of only 36 participants selected for the Concours Géza Anda. For her artistic achievements she has received numerous awards – among them the Brigitte Engerer Prize “Jeune espoir” at the 2023 Piano Campus in Paris.
Her early achievements include first prizes at the 2018 International Competition for Young Musicians in Enschede, the Ferrara International Piano Festival, and the Swiss Youth Music Competition, as well as the Encouragement Prize awarded by the Neues Orchester Basel and the RNCM Chopin Prize.
Susanna received her musical education at leading institutions in Europe and England. She holds the prestigious International Artist Diploma (IAD) from the RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music) and the Academy Diploma from the Imola International Academy “Incontri con il Maestro”. She earned her master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar and her bachelor’s degree with honours at the RNCM. Additionally, she received the Diplôme Supérieur with highest distinction from the Schola Cantorum in Paris. She is currently pursuing the “Specialized Music Performance – Soloist” program at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) as well as the post-diploma programme at the Imola International Academy.
A passionate chamber musician, she is the founder and artistic director of “BlenioMusica”, the annual chamber music festival held in Valle di Blenio (Switzerland), now in its fifth year (2025) and recognized for its innovative programming featuring young artists from around the world.
Susanna is part of the “Valaris Music” family and is grateful for the “Excellence Scholarship” of the ZHdK Foundation.
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Awards
‘Brigitte Engerer Prize’ Piano Campus International Competition (Paris France 2023)
‘Sogel Pontoise Prize’ Piano Campus International Piano Competition (Paris France 2023)
‘The Marjorie Clementi Memorial Award’ RNCM School of Keyboard Studies (winner, Manchester UK 2020)
‘Weidenkam Culture Fonds’ Swiss Association Derecha (winner of full scholarship, Switzerland 2019)
‘NOB-Foerderpreis’ Encouragement prize from ‘Neue Orchester Basel’ (winnter, Basel Switzerland 2019)
‘Swiss Youth Music Competition’ Entrada (1st prize with mention, Switzerland 2019)
‘10th International Piano Competition for Young Musicians’ (Winner, Enschede Holland 2018)
‘Ferrara International Piano Festival’ (Winner, Ferrara Italy 2018)
‘7th Andrea Baldi International Piano Competition’ (1st prize absolute, Bologna Italy 2017)
‘International Anton Rubinstein Competition’ (2nd prize, Düsseldorf Germany 2017)
‘8th International Rosario-Marciano Competition’ (3rd prize, Vienna Austria 2016)
‘RNCM Chopin Prize’ (Winner, Manchester UK 2015)
‘Mazovia XXII International Chopin Festival’ (Winner, Warsaw Poland 2014)
‘4th International Piano Competition Piano Talents’ (Winner of ‘Bach prize’ and 1st prize, Milan Italy 2014)
‘Euterpe International Music Competition’ (1st prize absolute, Corato Italy 2014)
‘International Cesar Franck Piano Competition’ (2nd prize, Belgium 2014)
‘Terzo Musica Valle Bormida’ (2nd prize, Italy 2011)