Susanna Gartmayer grew up in Vienna and started to play saxophone and after her studies in fine arts she swichted to bass clarinet. She is active as composer, soloist and plays in many ensembles and groups; form experimental rock to free improvisation and contemporary music. In the last decade she became one of the important bass clarinet musician in Austria. In duo with double bass player Manu Mayr, she played the opening concert for the 40. Jazzfestival in Saalfelden in 2019 . She is a member of "The Vegetable Orchestra" which tours around the globe and plays for example regular with Stefan Schneider, Thomas Berghammer, Didi Kern, Christof Kurzmann, Alex Kranabitter, Mona Matbou-Riahi, Jakob Gnigler and Brigitta Bödenauer. Together with Thomas Berghammer and Didi Kern she organizes and curates the weekly event "Monday Improvisers Session" in Vienna.
https://gartmayer.klingt.org/