Susanna Wallumrød

• Name — Susanna Wallumrød • Birth Name — Susanna Karolina Wallumrød • Born — 23 June 1979 • Birthplace — Kongsberg, Buskerud • Origin — Norway • Instrument — Vocals, piano, guitar • Genre — Indie pop, jazz • Occupation — Musician, composer • Label — ECM Records Rune Grammofon Grappa Music SusannaSonata • Past Member Of — Susanna and the Magical Orchestra • Website — www.susannamagical.com

• Illustration — Susanna with Giovanna Pessi at Vossajazz 12 April 2014 Susanna and the Magical Orchestra is the moniker of singer Susanna and keyboard player Morten Qvenild. Her song "Believer" from their first album and their cover version of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" featured in two 3rd season episodes of the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy and on 3rd season of Skins, on episode 6. The German rock band Fury in the Slaughterhouse uses Susanna's AC/DC-cover of "It's a Long Way to the Top If You Wanna Rock'n Roll" as intro and the Joy-Division-cover "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as Outro on their "Farewell & Goodbye Tour 2008". Susanna Wallumrød has cooperated with baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi, who has previously made herself known with a variety of ECM recordings. Pessi's collaboration with pianist Christian Wallumrød brought her regularly to Oslo, where she met and became friends with Susanna, the pianist's sister. Susanna invited Pessi to play on her solo album Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos (2008), and four years later, the Norwegian vocalist's turn to take guest role. On If Grief Could Wait she sings both her own songs and compositions by Henry Purcell, Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake. In the center of the album is Susannas clear voice and Pessis delicate harp. The ensemble also comprises Marco Ambrosini on nyckelharpa and Jan Achtman on viola da gamba. A meeting between Tord Gustavsen's strong Norwegian Quartet and Susanna Wallumrød, brought vocalists to the premiere of a new musical project during the Oslo Jazz Festival 2012. The musical movements that Wallumrød sang were previously performed by singers from Trio Mediaeval and the Tord Gustavsen Trio. Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones joined Susanna and Deathprod at Øya-festialen 2013.