Having played the piano since the age of six, Süssmann graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2002, and got her soloist diploma from the Music Academy in Hanover in 2003 [REF].
She released her first solo CD, Tockà (alluding to Russian тоска, toska, meaning "longing"), in 2005, performing selected works by Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Rachmaninoff.