Philipp Sussmann began playing violin at age three. Nine years later he changed to viola and became a Precollege student at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. He was principal violist of the National Youth Orchestra of Germany under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle and, in 2021, won an audition for a fixed position in the NDR Radio Symphony Orchestra. Philipp studied with Veronika Hagen at Mozarteum Salzburg and Volker Jacobsen at Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. He has won several First and Special Prizes at international viola competitions, including the Szymon Goldberg and the MingClassics International Competitions. As a soloist he has performed with ensembles including the Berliner Camerata, Philharmonie Bad Reichenhall and Münchner Kammerphilharmonie DaCapo. Last year, he joined the Moritzburg Festival Orchestra as principal violist and received a Villa Musica Rheinland Pfalz scholarship.
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