Susan Tomes

Although she is best known as the pianist in the Florestan Trio, Gaudier Ensemble, and Domus, Susan Tomes has also etched out a distinguished career as a soloist and recitalist. Not surprisingly, her repertory is vast, taking in a range of solo, chamber, and concerto works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Fauré, Martinu, and many others, including lighter fare by Billy Mayerl and Jerome Kern and contemporary music by Judith Weir. Tomes has made over 50 recordings, most of them available from Hyperion and Virgin Classics. She is also the au...