Photo by April Renae

The New Orleans Jazz Museum presents Susanne Ortner. Join us as we celebrate the artists that make New Orleans a world destination for music.  

This program takes place inside our third floor Performance Center, listening room. Admission is free and open to the public, seating is limited and offered first come, first serve.

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Susanne Ortner

New Orleans based German clarinetist, saxophonist and composer Susanne Ortner is equally conversant in jazz, classical music, and various ethnic musics.

Susanne was the founder of the German Quartet “Sing Your Soul,” and collaborates and tours internationally with jazz musicians, mostly in the intimate duo- and trio-format, such as her own trio with James Singleton on bass, and Nahum Zdybel on guitar, and with the Ortner/Limberger Duo with Belgian Gypsy Jazz icon Tcha Limberger on guitar, violin, and voice. 

In addition she has performed in concert with numerous outstanding musicians such as pianist Tom Roberts, accordionist/pianist Alan Bern, First Concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonics Noah Bendix-Balgley, multi-instrumentalist Vince Giordano, drummer Roger Humphries, accordionist Vladimir Mollov, accordionist and composer Guy Klusevec, cellist and composer Catherine Bent, and others. Susanne moved to the US in 2006, first to Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania.

Since her recent move to New Orleans in 2017, Susanne has established herself within the jazz community, and has performed – mostly in duos and trios –with New Orleans greats such as Tom McDermott – piano, Don Vappie – banjo/guitar, James Singleton – bass, Nahum Zdybel – guitar, Kris Tokarski –piano, Helen Gillet – cello, and many others.

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