I play the 11 course d minor Lute.​

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Apart from historical lute music, I have an interest in working with composers to create new lute music.​

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In 1988 Australian composer Robert Allworth AOM wrote his Lute Concerto for me. 

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From 2011 - 2014 I worked with UK composer Matthew Leigh Embelton on his Music for Lute and Laptop series of recordings.

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During  2022 - 2023 I am recording the lute music of  Tasmanian composer Karlin Love including her suite of pieces titled A Lute on the Géographe; the music, offering a French perspective of Tasmania. 

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Other composers I have worked with include Helen Morrison, Janina Evangelou & Jean-Christoph Rosaz.

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A collaboration with UK folk musician John Bushby to trace the traditional origins of music in the Balcarres Lute Book (c.1700), resulted in a unique recording of lute, Scottish lowland pipes, harp, fiddle and whistle.

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In January 2022 I recorded the second CD in my LadyLute series (see review from the Lute Society); and in September 2022 recorded an EP of music from the 17th century lute manuscript LHD243, the only original baroque lute manuscript housed in Australia. In April 2023 I recorded renaissance lute duets with the young Tasmanian lutenist Nishka Corry.

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Throughout 2024 I am  working with Sydney based composer Steve Woods in the creation of a work for lute dedicated to Australian luthier John (Ben) Hall.

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In December 2024 I will receive a new 11 course lute by luthier Jason Petty and in 2025 I will record the complete works for lute by Tasmanian composer Karlin Greenstreet Love (for Jam Drop Records) and then tour playing this instrument.

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I was born in Sydney as Susan Jones, later changing my name to Susan King. I gained my Bachelor of Music in Lute Performance from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 1989. After further studies overseas I returned to make my home in Tasmania, Australia, where I play and teach lute.

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