Susanna Borsch
recorder player
news
January 2026: Masterclasses
In 2026, Susanna will start a series of masterclasses in her studio in Bredevoort. Interested students and players are invited to spend a Saturday with her and other recorder players. For more information, please see below.
February 2026: New teaching post
Susanna Borsch and Felix Gutschi will lead the recorder class at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) starting in the winter semester 2026/27.
Susanna Borsch taught at the Hochschule für Musik Trossingen for twelve years and shaped the training of numerous students in the recorder department. Her focus in teaching at UdK lies in the field of early music. In both individual lessons and intensive ensemble work, students engage with a wide range of aspects of recorder practice—such as instrument types, repertoire selection, intonation, tuning, notation, ornamentation, and other stylistic features of Renaissance and Baroque music.
Applications for the winter semester (starting in October '26) are acceptet between the 15th of March and the 15th of April 2026.
March 2026: Application deadlines for studying recorder
Trossingen: between 1st of March and 1st of April, entrance exams on the 21st of May. Apply here.
Berlin: between 15th of March and 15th of April, entrance exams on the 11th of May. Apply here.
New dates announced for masterclasses in the autumn of 2026. If you would like to play with correpetition, consider the 7th of November, then Holger Schäfer, harpsichordist, will join us.
Susanna Borsch
biography
Susanna Borsch was born in Hamburg, Germany, and studied recorder with Walter van Hauwe at the Amsterdam Conservatory where she completed her teaching and solo/masters diplomas.
Her collaboration with composers on new solo and ensemble repertoire resulted in the recording of several CDs and many concerts in Europe, the Unites States and Australia.
A recorder virtuoso familiar with very diverse repertoires, Susanna Borsch is able to bridge many styles of music with complete ease. With her regular ensembles, she plays renaissance polyphony in a recorder consort setting, contemporary music with theatrical elements in mixed ensembles, historical-popular music of the 16th to the 20th century in a duo with the anglo concertina, and arranged settings of baroque, romantic and early-modern pieces for recorder quartet.
Since 2014 Susanna is the principal recorder teacher at the Musikhochschule Trossingen in the Black Forest -- in October 2026, she will start teaching at the University of the Arts in Berlin, together with colleague Felix Gutschi.
Susanna offers regular masterclasses at her studio in Bredevoort, details and dates you can find below.
Masterclasses in Bredevoort
Starting in the spring of 2026, I am offering individual recorder masterclasses at my studio in Bredevoort on selected dates. Wether you would like to refine your technique, find other ways of looking at practising and/or performing, need some new input, or just want to meet other recorder players - a masterclass can be a nice way to get new ideas and inspiration!
On these days, I hope to bring together a small group of dedicated recorder players, spending an inspiring and intensive day together.
In addition to individual lessons, participants will have the opportunity to explore my consort recorders in ensemble sessions.
On selected dates Holger Schäfer will join us as correpetitor.
Dates in the spring 2026:
11 April 2026
30 May 2026
13 June 2026
Dates in the autum 2026:
17 October 2026
7 November 2026
(basso continuo: Holger Schäfer)
12 December 2026
Group size 2-6 participants.
The masterclasses will take place on Saturdays, generally we'll start at 10 a.m. and finish at 6 p.m., depending on the number of participants. Lunch and drinks included. Languages: english, dutch and/or german, depending on the students who are there!
Costs: €80 per person.
If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please feel free to get in touch.
Accommodation: There are two hotels in Bredevoort, and two campsites nearby, as well as other holiday accomodations. Please ask me, if you need help!
Inscribe to a masterclass
If you would like to inscribe to one of the masterclasses, please mention your name and the date you would like to come. I'll get in contact with you shortly after!
Also, if you are interested, but none of the dates suit you, please get in contact and we can discuss later dates!
Concerts...
... and other artistic activities in 2026
31 January -- Jury in the youth competition "Jugend musiziert", woodwinds, Heek
14 February -- Rose of Roses, HERZ Ensemble and the Queen of (He)arts
new and ever so slightly older work by and with Kate Moore
Moses and Aaronkerk Amsterdam, 12.30h
29 March -- Flautando Köln
Gutskappe Barnstedt, Anniversary programme 35 years Flautando Köln
11 April -- Masterclass in Bredevoort (see above)
18 April -- Huismuziek Twente, lentebijeenkomst in Borne (NL)
25 April -- Flautando Köln
Kerpen (D), Kulturkirche Brüggen
26 April -- Flautando Köln
Luft & Liebe, Balladen, die von der Liebe sprechen
Rheinberg (D), tickets
7 May -- Flautando Köln
Tonart, live at the WDR
9 May - Flautando Köln
35 years of Flautando Köln, birthday concert
11 a.m., Lutherkirche, Köln Südstadt
24 May -- Flautando Köln
Wietje im Land der Farben, family concert for children (3-6) and their (grand-)parents
Bürgerzentrum Köln Ehrenfeld
30 May -- Masterclass in Bredevoort (see above)
13 June -- Masterclass in Bredevoort (see above)
25 June -- Flautando Köln & Holger Schäfer
Licht & Finsternis, Summerwinds festival, Rosendahl-Darfeld, Höpingen 41
7/8 July -- Consortworkshop with the recorder students from Basel and Zürich in Bredevoort
with a final presentation on the 8th of July in the St. Joriskerk in Bredevoort, 19.30h
28 August -- Flautando Köln
Hohenloher Musiksommer
17 October -- Masterclass in Bredevoort (see above)
7 November -- Masterclass in Bredevoort (see above)
12 December -- Masterclass in Bredevoort (see above)