Masaaki Suzuki

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Masaaki Suzuki (鈴木雅明, 29 April 1954) is an organist, harpsichordist and conductor, and the founder and musical director of the Bach Collegium Japan. He was born in Kobe to parents who were both Christian and amateur musicians. He studied composition and organ at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and was later taught harpsichord and organ by Ton Koopman and Piet Kee at the Sweelink Conservatory in Holland. In 1993 he began teaching at Kobe University, and founded the Bach Collegium in 1990. The group began giving concerts regularly in 1992, and made its first recordings three years later. He has also recorded Bach's complete works for harpsichord. He is currently professor of organ and harpsichord at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.