Leo Sussman, flute

Flutist Leo Sussman grew up playing chamber music in living rooms and gigging with a salsa band in his hometown of San Francisco. An avid collaborator in the spheres of chamber and contemporary music, he has performed with groups including Alarm Will Sound, SEM Ensemble, and Metropolis Ensemble as well as held fellowships at the Norfolk, Bowdoin, and Atlantic summer music festivals. He is an alum of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, a chamber music and teaching artistry fellowship.

Leo is on faculty at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he co-directs both the Electronics Experimentation Lab and the faculty chamber music ensemble. He studied flute and physics at Lawrence University before graduate work at Yale and Manhattan School of Music. Leo’s principal teachers include Leslie Chin, Erin Lesser, Ransom Wilson, and Linda Chesis.