Susan Hoeppner

Appreciated for her "complete fluency in all registers, well-controlled technique, and beautiful tone" (Toronto Star), Canadian flautist Susan Hoeppner is in great demand as an international solo recitalist and chamber musician. She is renowned for her ability to blend with any instrument, yet emerge as a striking soloist. Appearances include prestigious venues in Canada, Japan, France, Argentina, Portugal, England, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Mexico, and the United States. She is also heralded by James Galway as "one of the best talents of her generation."

This internationally known musician has performed as a guest soloist with orchestras around the world, including the New York Chamber Orchestra, Takefu International Festival Orchestra in Japan, Lisbon Radio Orchestra, Orquesta de Cámara in Buenos Aires, Northern Lights Music Festival Orchestra in Mexico, and the Sacramento Symphony. In Canada, she has performed with the Calgary Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Regina Symphony Orchestra, and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. A true musical ambassador, Susan has performed for the opening of the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo in 1991, the Canadian Embassy in London in 1994, the Canadian Embassy in New York, and the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City for their 65th anniversary of Canadian-Mexican diplomatic relations in 2009.

Susan is also in demand as a recording artist. Her numerous recordings appear on EMI Classics, Grammophon AB BIS, JVC Victor, Marquis Classics, and King Record labels. Her most recent releases on the Marquis Classics label include Fantaisie Française and Musique de Chambre Française. In recording and recital, Susan has collaborated with pianists Anton Kuerti, Marc-André Hamelin, Robert Kortgaard, and Lydia Wong; singers Measha Brueggergosman, Renée Fleming, Ben Heppner, and Richard Margison; ballet dancer Rex Harrington; flautist James Galway; and percussionist Beverley Johnston.

Early in her career, Susan was the Grand Prize Winner of the Canadian Music Competition, the first woodwind player ever to receive this honour in the competition's history. She went on to win the CBC Young Performer's Competition and first prize in the Olga Koussevitsky Competition for Woodwinds held at Lincoln Center in New York. At age 20 she gave her New York debut at Town Hall and went on to perform at the world-renowned Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, both to critical acclaim.

Susan maintains an active media presence. She can be heard frequently on CBC Radio 2 and in live broadcasts on Bravo! television. A graduate of The Juilliard School in New York, where she studied with Julius Baker, Susan is now a faculty member of The Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School and the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music, where she is an active performer. Every summer Susan teaches at Le Domaine Forget in Charlevoix, Quebec, as well as The Julius Baker Master Class in New York. As a Canadian Yamaha Artist, she performs and travels extensively throughout North America, giving master classes in universities and high schools. She performs on an 18K gold Yamaha Flute (994H).

You can email Susan at s.hoeppner@utoronto.ca