Susanna K Wallumroed (born in 1979) grew up as the youngest child in her family, with sisters and brothers all singing and playing an instrument. She has been singing from the age of three, some years later she started to take piano-lessons and joined the children´s choir in the local church; the music has been her true follower through life and as her two brothers she ended up making music for a living. After years of studying music and working by herself and with others in longer and shorter lasting projects and bands, she started her duo Susanna And The Magical Orchestra with keyboard-player Morten Qvenild in 2000. The duo started working with other people´s songs, like Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen and Jolene by Dolly Parton, and after a while they began writing their own music. List Of Lights And Buoys was the duo´s first album, released in 2004, which they made together with the producers Andreas Mjoes and Deathprod. The album was called a magical debut and a stunning piece of work, highly acclaimed in press all over Europe and the US, and Susanna And The Magical Orchestra started to travel abroad Norway with their music. Playing concerts in Japan and Europe, and after a while working with their second album Melody Mountain with covers of AC/DC, Kiss and Scott Walker among others, the duo established a well known name for music lovers. At the same time Susanna started to write music for a new project, who turned out to be called Susanna with the album Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos in 2007. She worked with a lot of different musicians on the album, and to play these songs live she started a trio with Paal Hausken (Music for a while/In the Country) on drums and Helge Sten (Deathprod/Supersilent/Motorpsycho) on guitar, where she plays the piano herself and sings. As the three of them played a lot together a new album took shape in form of a new cover album, with songs by ABBA, Lou Reed and Thin Lizzy among others, recorded in the legendary Atlantis studio in Stockholm. In 2007 Susanna was contacted by the american artist Bonnie Prince Billy, and they met for the first time during Bonnie´s tour in Europe in 2008. While Susanna worked with the album Flower of Evil an idea for Bonnie Prince Billy to join in with his beautiful voice on a couple of songs came to mind, and so he did. The album contains a stunning version of the well-known love song Without You as a duet between Susanna and Bonnie. Flower of Evil turned out to be a remarkable collection of songs placed in Susanna´s universe. Bonnie Prince Billy also did invite Susanna to join him on the 2009-tour as the support act, which she happily accepted. The trio played places like Royal Festival Hall in London and La Cigale in Paris, warming up for the american artist but also collaborating with Bonny Billy and his musicians. During 2009 Susanna has written a commission piece of music for the festival Ladyfest 2009, which took place in Oslo, together with Jenny Hval aka Rockettothesky. The piece is called Meshes of Voice and has been performed two times so far. It is likely to think the material is going to be released as an album in the future. Susanna has also written a piece for the baroque duo Elisabeth Holmertz and Fredrik Bock, which was performed for the first time at the Vestfoldfestspillene in July 2009. The piece is called The Forester, and is released on CD by Holmertz/Bock called Re-spelled LoveSongs. In August 2009 Susanna And The Magical Orchestra released a new critically acclaimed album, 3?. During the fall 2009 Susanna and the Magical Orhestra toured in Scandinavia, UK, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands. Susanna has started a collaboration with Ensemble neoN, and the composers Julian Skar and Jan Martin Smoerdahl. The composers has arranged Susannas music for the Ensemble, and together with Susanna the music was performed live twice in 2010. And hopefully more to come in the future. Susanna has been touring in Scandinavia, Portugal, USA/Canada and Belgium throughout 2010 with Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Susanna and also together with Bonnie Prince Billy. In 2010 Susanna has recorded an album together with Giovanna Pessi for the German label ECM, release is TBA. Susanna has written music to poems by the norwegian modernist Gunvor Hofmo, and recorded an album together with Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent, elephant9), Erland Dahlen (Madrugada, Kiruna), Jo Berger Myhre (Splashgirl, Ingrid Olava) and Hans Magnus Ryan (Motorpsycho), which was released in March 2011 and received great reviews in Norway. The album is called Jeg vil hjem til menneskene (I want to go home to the humans). Susanna is currently touring with her music in different constellations.
