‘This is phenomenal music heard in the very best light.’
(Fanfare, 2020)
‘Everywhere Susanne Fröhlich lets you hear with great integrity what a unique, virtuoso recorder player she is: Never flirtatious, dodgy or unclear; total control everywhere. Brava!’
(Tibia, 2020)
‘The best crescendo and decrescendo I have ever encountered on our instrument. (…)
This is how it must have felt to watch color television for the first time!’
(Blokfluitist, 2020)
‘Fröhlich’s technical abilities are impressive and she exploits everything available to her,
be it her own capabilities or that of the instruments. Fascinating.’
(The Recorder Magazine, 2019)
(Fanfare, 2020)
‘Everywhere Susanne Fröhlich lets you hear with great integrity what a unique, virtuoso recorder player she is: Never flirtatious, dodgy or unclear; total control everywhere. Brava!’
(Tibia, 2020)
‘The best crescendo and decrescendo I have ever encountered on our instrument. (…)
This is how it must have felt to watch color television for the first time!’
(Blokfluitist, 2020)
‘Fröhlich’s technical abilities are impressive and she exploits everything available to her,
be it her own capabilities or that of the instruments. Fascinating.’
(The Recorder Magazine, 2019)
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My story - I am a recorder player and, in addition to early music, I mainly devote myself to contemporary music, as well as free improvisation and new concert formats. I regularly present concerts and workshops worldwide. As a former founding member of the recorder quartet QNG - Quartet New Generation, I have performed as soloist, in various chamber music formations, as well as in the context of various productions in the realm of fine arts, opera and theatre, among others Saâdane Afif, Ari Benjamin Meyers, andcompany&Co, Constanza Macras/dorkypark, and Opera Lab Berlin. Since the beginning of my studies in Amsterdam I performed numerous premieres in world class concert houses and festivals, with such groups as Ensemble Adapter, Figura Ensemble, Ictus Ensemble, Marc Sinan Company, and Trickster Orchestra. I have been awarded international honors and scholarships in Berlin, Darmstadt, Graz, Krakow, New York, and Rotterdam. I have lived and taught in Berlin from 2004 and have held a teaching position at the Berlin University of the Arts since April 2010. In September 2019 I released my solo debut album "21" with the Austrian label Orlando Records. In October 2019 I completed my artistic-academic research project at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz with distinction. |
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
WDR Liminal Music Prize 2025 with Trickster Orchestra & George E. Lewis
Musikfonds Stipendium 2023
TONALi Award 2022 with Trickster Orchestra
Deutscher Jazzpreis 2022 for best large Ensemble with Trickster Orchestra
Musikfonds Stipendium 2022
INITIAL Stipendium 2021 @ Akademie der Künste
Musikfonds Stipendium 2021
Award of Excellence 2020 from the Austrian Federal Ministry for education, science and research
Arbeitsstipendium für Ernste Musik und Klangkunst vom Berliner Senat 2020
Prix Europa 2015 for best radio play with andcompany&Co
2. Prize @ Internationalen Blockflötenwettbewerb für Neue Musik 2012 @ Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt
1. Prize @ Nachwuchswettbewerb der Göttinger Händelfestspiele 2010 with QNG
1. Pize @ Alte-Musik-Treff 2006 @ Musik Instrumenten Museum Berlin with Ensemble U3
2. Prize and special award @ Alice-Samter Kammermusikwettbewerb 2006 @ UdK Berlin with Ensemble U3
Nachwuchsförderung 2006/07 (NaFöG) @ UdK Berlin
1. Prize @ Deutschen Musikwettbewerb 2006 in Bonn with QNG
1. Prize @ international Concert Artists Guild Concour 2004 in New York City with QNG
Grand Prix @ 7th International Competition of Contemporary Music 2003 in Krakow with QNG
1. Prize @ International Chamber Music Competition 2003 in Illzach with QNG
2. Prize @ International Gaudeamus Vertolkers Concour 2003 in Rotterdam with QNG
Scholarship @ Deutschen Musikwettbewerb 2002 in Bonn with QNG
Scholarship @ Internationalen Ferienkurs für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 2000
Musikfonds Stipendium 2023
TONALi Award 2022 with Trickster Orchestra
Deutscher Jazzpreis 2022 for best large Ensemble with Trickster Orchestra
Musikfonds Stipendium 2022
INITIAL Stipendium 2021 @ Akademie der Künste
Musikfonds Stipendium 2021
Award of Excellence 2020 from the Austrian Federal Ministry for education, science and research
Arbeitsstipendium für Ernste Musik und Klangkunst vom Berliner Senat 2020
Prix Europa 2015 for best radio play with andcompany&Co
2. Prize @ Internationalen Blockflötenwettbewerb für Neue Musik 2012 @ Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt
1. Prize @ Nachwuchswettbewerb der Göttinger Händelfestspiele 2010 with QNG
1. Pize @ Alte-Musik-Treff 2006 @ Musik Instrumenten Museum Berlin with Ensemble U3
2. Prize and special award @ Alice-Samter Kammermusikwettbewerb 2006 @ UdK Berlin with Ensemble U3
Nachwuchsförderung 2006/07 (NaFöG) @ UdK Berlin
1. Prize @ Deutschen Musikwettbewerb 2006 in Bonn with QNG
1. Prize @ international Concert Artists Guild Concour 2004 in New York City with QNG
Grand Prix @ 7th International Competition of Contemporary Music 2003 in Krakow with QNG
1. Prize @ International Chamber Music Competition 2003 in Illzach with QNG
2. Prize @ International Gaudeamus Vertolkers Concour 2003 in Rotterdam with QNG
Scholarship @ Deutschen Musikwettbewerb 2002 in Bonn with QNG
Scholarship @ Internationalen Ferienkurs für Neue Musik in Darmstadt 2000