Susanne Branny

Susanne Branny was born in Dresden and received her musical education at music school and later at the Special School of Music in Dresden. This is also where she studied violin at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music.

In 1990, she was appointed concertmaster of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. In the same year, she began her engagement in the 1st violins of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden. As a chamber music partner, she plays regularly with the Cappella Musica Dresden and frequently with the Dresdner Barocksolisten.

Susanne Branny is one of the founding members of the Dresdner Kapellsolisten. She has been their concertmaster since 2000 and as such has participated in relevant CD recordings of the chamber orchestra. She also appears frequently as a soloist at concerts in Germany and abroad (Semperoper Dresden, Philharmonie Köln, Musikhalle Hamburg, Rheingau Music Festival, Philharmonie Essen, Festspielhaus Bregenz, Munich, Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Sapporo).