ABOUT
“… it was possible to listen to a solid and worked version, and enjoy a pianist who feels very comfortable with what she does, who recreates and digs into the flexible nooks and corners of this music”. – Álvaro Menéndez published in Espacio Arezzo
Her first album with Eudora Records: AD ILLIAM (for her), with works by Ravel, Chopin, Demestres, Lili Boulanger, Nadia Boulanger, Piazzolla, Gómez Vázquez and Ginastera was acclaimed by national and international critics, her album is the winner of Best Recording of Classical Music 2022 in the Más Músicas awards, finalist in the Independent Music Awards 2022 and selected as one of the best albums of 2021 in La Hora Azul of Radio Clásica. She has just released her second album Sisters of the Moon on Eudora Records this September, which has already been acclaimed by national and international critics and selected in top playlists of Apple Music and Tidal publishers.
She is also an active performer of contemporary music. She has played and premiered pieces by contemporary composers such as Teresa Catalán, Alicia Díaz de la Fuente, Claudia Montero, Albert Llanas Rich, Alberto García Demestres, Brett Dean, Stephen Montague and Oliver Knussen, working with them in their performance. She has also premiered her own works, including a trio at Wigmore Hall, and has been a member of numerous contemporary music ensembles.
A very passionate chamber musician, Susana has taken part in different chamber
music festivals such as Clasclas Festival or Lausanne International Summer Academy
and performs regularly with different chamber music formations. She has been a member of Le Beau Piano Trio, with whom she was laureated in Trondheim International Competition.
“Susana Gómez Vázquez demonstrated that she has the technique for the superb (and very difficult) Concerto in G Major by Ravel, that she has sensitivity and good taste…” – Pablo J.Ayón for Diario de Sevilla
She has also received advice from other pianists such as Fou Ts’ong, Cristina Ortiz, Tatiana Sarkissova, Albert Atenelle, Martino Tirimo, Julián Martín, Claudio Martínez-Mehner, Kenneth Weiss, Yong-Hi Moon, Stephen Montague, Mikhail Petukhov, Pascal Devoyon, Kathryn Stott, Elza Kolodin, Menahem Pressler and Gabriela Montero.
Susana has often been involved in music outreach and education activities in local communities, such as the outreach programme of the Purcell School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music or EnCORE-Music with no borders. She has offered masterclasses. lectures and classes at El Sistema in Venezuela, Texas Tech School of Music, ClasClas International piano festival , Connecting Musicians 2022 and 2023, Conservatorio profesional de música de Alcalá de Henares and Peñacorada…. In addition, she has been director and organizer of outreach concerts for young and underprivileged audiences at the International Students House in London.