Tanja Tetzlaff continues to perform an extensive range of works, embracing both core repertoire and
contemporary compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries. Her recording of the cello concertos by
Wolfgang Rihm and Ernst Toch was released by NEOS.
After enjoying great success in numerous international competitions, she has subsequently performed
with leading orchestras such as the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
Rundfunks, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de España,
Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre de
Paris, and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. She has worked with notable conductors such as Lorin
Maazel, Daniel Harding, Sir Roger Norrington, Philippe Herreweghe, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Dmitrij
Kitajenko, Paavo Järvi, Michael Gielen, and Heinz Holliger, amongst others.
Tanja Tetzlaff regularly appears at world-renowned chamber music series and festivals, such as the
Heidelberger Frühling as well as the festivals in Bergen, Baden-Baden and Edinburgh. She is a member
of the core ensemble of the Heimbach Festival Spannungen. Her regular chamber music partners include
Lars Vogt, Leif Ove Andsnes, Alexander Lonquich, Antje Weithaas, Florian Donderer, Baiba and Lauma
Skride, Christian Tetzlaff, Carolin Widmann, Dina Ugorskaja and Sharon Kam.
Tanja Tetzlaff is a member of the Tetzlaff Quartett, she founded in 1994 together with her brother Christian Tetzlaff, Elisabeth Kufferath and Hanna Weinmeister. The quartet is enjoying an extreme high reputation.
Tanja Tetzlaff and her duet partner Gunilla Süssmann have recorded three CDs together. The first
two were released by CAvi-music featuring Brahms (2012) and a Nordic-Russian programme (2008),
and their third disc was released in spring 2018 featuring works by Finnish composer Einojuhani
Rautavaara.
Tanja studied at the Musikhochschule Hamburg with Bernhard Gmelin and at the Mozarteum in
Salzburg with Heinrich Schiff, and plays a cello by Giovanni Baptista Guadagnini from 1776.
In recent years, Norwegian pianist Gunilla Süssmann has been reaping steadily increasing acclaim and has become a much sought-after artist on an international level. Her virtuosity, combined with strong sensitivity and imagination, is highly praised, and her thoroughly personal, passionate interpretations forge a unique bond with audiences and critics. She has performed in venues such as Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, the Louvre, and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, and is a popular guest at major chamber music festivals in Norway and across Europe. The English Chamber Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic, the WDR Cologne and the Staatskapelle Weimar are amongst the many orchestras with whom she has played. Chamber music holds a special place in her heart, and the core of that devotion is her 12-year collaboration with cellist Tanja Tetzlaff. Critics describe their symbiotic playing as magical, and the duo has recorded two CDs on the Avi label.