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Susanne Ortner Trio

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๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ is the real deal โ€” a German-born clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer who now calls New Orleans home. Sheโ€™s not just crossing genres โ€” sheโ€™s weaving jazz, classical, and traditional music into something that feels lived-in and alive. The ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘™๐‘”๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ called her โ€œa musician par excellence,โ€ and they werenโ€™t wrong.

Sheโ€™s played on stages around the world, founded the German quartet ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™, and built deep musical partnerships โ€” including duos and trios with names like ๐‘‡๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, and her own trio with ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘› and ๐‘๐‘Žโ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™.

After landing in the U.S. in 2006 and settling in New Orleans in 2017, ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ jumped straight into the cityโ€™s music scene, sharing the stage with folks like ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘€๐‘๐ท๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘ก and ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘‰๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘–๐‘’. Lately, sheโ€™s been digging into Brazilian choro, bringing yet another layer to her already rich sound.

Sheโ€™s written music for theater, released albums like ๐ฟ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘†๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž๐‘ก (2020), and even had her transatlantic journey chronicled in the book ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š โ€“ ๐นรผ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘˜ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐ด๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘Ž (2011). Sheโ€™s not following a path โ€” sheโ€™s making her own.
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