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Swiss/Dutch singer and composer Susanne Abbuehl was born in Berne, Switzerland, on July 30, 1970. Drawn to music and language early on,
composing songs and writing words in her own language, she started studying the harpsichord at age seven. At age seventeen, she moved to
Los Angeles where she graduated from high school and started taking lessons in classical singing. She was a member of a high school jazz
group that toured the U.S. and Canada. Back in Europe, she took up professional education in jazz and classical voice at the Royal
Conservatory of The Hague, where she studied with t ...read more
Swiss/Dutch singer and composer Susanne Abbuehl was born in Berne, Switzerland, on July 30, 1970. Drawn to music and language early on,
composing songs and writing words in her own language, she started studying the harpsichord at age seven. At age seventeen, she moved to
Los Angeles where she graduated from high school and started taking lessons in classical singing. She was a member of a high school jazz
group that toured the U.S. and Canada. Back in Europe, she took up professional education in jazz and classical voice at the Royal
Conservatory of The Hague, where she studied with the late Jeanne Lee. She earned a Masters Degree, graduating cum laude.
Abbuehl also studied North Indian classical vocal music with Dr. Indurama Srivastava in Amsterdam and later became a student of famed
master singer Dr. Prabha Atre in Bombay, to whom she regularly returns.
She studied composition and analysis with Dutch composer Diderik Wagenaar.
Her recordings for ECM, „April“ (2001), and “Compass” (2006) received wide critical acclaim internationally. „April“ won an EDISON Music
Award (Dutch Grammy) in 2002.
Susanne Abbuehl is Professor at the music universities in Lucerne and Lausanne, Switzerland. She has also lectured in France, Italy, England
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