For over 34 years Soesja Citroen ( jazz singer and songwriter ) has brought her music to Dutch and international stages. In recent years, she has been singing her own compositions with pianist Berend van den Berg and bassist Ruud Ouwehand.

She was born in The Hague, started to sing jazz as a teenager and after completing her Master's in social psychology opted for a career in jazz.

She has performed in many European countries, played at the Yatra Jazz Festival in India, sung in New York and toured through Indonesia.

In 1983 she recorded her album 'Soesja Citroen sings Thelonious Monk' with Cees Slinger. On this CD, she supplied original texts for five Monk compositions.

Between 1984 ans 1989 she recorded three albums with the Metropole Orchestra under the direction of Rogier van Otterloo and Robert Farnon. Fifteen of these pieces appear on the compilation CD 'Yesterdays'.

In 1994 she started to record for Challenge Records and a close collaboration with producer and song expert Chris Ellis was born. With reference to the CD 'Songs for Lovers and Losers' (1996) - an album with beautifully arranged songs by Hein Van de Geyn - Alex Henderson of the All Music Guide wrote, 'very soulful phrasing' and "moving and personal interpretations of standards such as Angel Eyes and Lush Life."

The turning point in her career came when she began to composing two years later.

Her three following CD's, 'Song for Ma' (1998), 'Soesja sings Citroen" ( 2001) and 'Don't Cry Baby' ( 2005) contain 40 of her own compositions, music and lyrics. Fifteen of these songs are compiled on the CD 'Collected Songs' ( 2008).

She received a lot of feedback from the United States of America, the country whose songs Soesja elaborates on with her pieces. In Jazz Times, she was called "absolutely sensational" and a " formidable composer". In the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD from 2004, her Monk CD received 4 stars and her song 'Song for Ma' was called "magnificent". In 'Jazz Singers: The Top 500 by Scott Yanow she is mentioned as one of the top five hundred vocalists in the world.

In 2010 'Soesja's Songbook' has been released with vocal/piano arrangements of twelve original songs.