Susanna Ogata enjoys an active performance schedule in greater New England and beyond. She has been a soloist and participant in concerts presented by Arcadia Players, The Bach Ensemble led by Joshua Rifkin, Sarasa, Arpeggione Ensemble, Connecticut Early Music Festival, and the Boston Early Music Festival, and is a founding member of the Boston Classical Trio. She has been the Assistant Concertmaster for the Handel and Haydn Society since 2014. Her playing has been praised for its “airborne lyricism” (Fanfare Magazine) and for being “witty, responsive, making the tops of phrases gleam” (Gramophone Magazine).
With fortepianist Ian Watson, Susanna completed “The Beethoven Project”, a venture to record Beethoven’s Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin on period instruments for the CORO label. The recordings have received accolades, including praise in The New York Times for “elegant readings that are attentive to quicksilver changes in dynamics and articulation” as well as an eminent release distinction in the Boston Globe in 2017. Their performances included appearances on The Cambridge Society for Early Music series, Tage Alte Musik Festival in Regensburg, Germany, as well as a two-year residency at MIT.
She had a lovely visit at Manship with the Arpeggione Ensemble. What a glorious setting to help this group thrive and grow. There were two concerts at the end of the Manship stay, one in the barn on the grounds with a fabulous art exhibit in the backdrop.
