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 and improvisation by Klaas Bolt at the Sweelink Conservatory in Amsterdam.^[1] 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.

[edit] Other sources

• Official biography
• Notes to performance of B Minor Mass at the Barbican, London, 30 May 2006.
• Jeal, Erica (12 May 2006).Who dares, wins in The Guardian.

[edit] External links

• The Meistersingers from Tokyo on his tour in Germany, by Wolfram Goertz at signandsight.com

[edit] References

1. ^ Masakata Kanazawa: "Suzuki, Masaaki", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 15 January 2007), <http://www.grovemusic.com>