Masaaki suzuki biography

Japanese organist, harpsichordist, and conductor

Masaaki Suzuki (鈴木 雅明, Suzuki Masaaki, born 29 April 1954) is a Japanese organist, harpsichordist, conductor, and the founder and music director of the Bach Collegium Japan.

Masaaki suzuki biography

With this ensemble he is recording the complete choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach for the Swedish label BIS Records, for which he is also recording Bach's concertos, orchestral suites, and solo works for harpsichord and organ.

He is also an artist-in-residence at Yale University and the principal guest conductor of its Schola Cantorum, and has conducted orchestras and choruses around the world.

Biography

Suzuki was born in Kobe to parents who were both Protestant Christians^[1] and amateur musicians; his father had worked professionally as a pianist.^[2] Suzuki has as an adult joined the Reformed Church in Japan, a Calvinist denomination.^[3] Masaaki Suzuki began playing organ professionally at church serv