Masaaki Suzuki

Masaaki Suzuki
鈴木 雅明
Masaaki Suzuki in 2023
Born (1954-04-29) 29 April 1954 (age 70)
Education
Occupations
  • Conductor
  • Organist
  • Harpsichordist
  • Musicologist
Organizations
ChildrenMasato Suzuki (conductor, organist)
Awards

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. 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.