Tosiya Suzuki - Recorder

Tosiya Suzuki (鈴木俊哉) studied the recorder at the Sweelinck Conservatory with Walter van Hauwe in Amsterdam. He specialises in performing contemporary music and working to extend the techniques and the possibilities of the recorder.

He worked with composers such as Luca Cori, Brian Ferneyhough, Toshio Hosokawa, Salvatore Sciarrino and Joji Yuasa and premiered their works. As a soloist he performed at festivals including Wien Modern, Tage für Neue Musik Zürich, Gaudeamus Music Week, Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, ISCM World Music Days (1995, 2000, 2001, 2002), Festival d'Automne à Paris, Akiyoshidai International Contemporary Music Seminar & Festival, Takefu International Music Festival, Voix Nouvelles at the Royaumont, Composium 2000 at the Tokyo Opera City, Klangspuren Festival, Tongyeong International Music Festival, Festival A Tempo, Melbourene Recital Centre Opening Festival, New Zealand Festival, China-Asia Music Week, Etching Festival, Summer Festival at Suntory Hall, La Biennale di Venezia (as Takefu Ensemble) and Melos-Ethos International Festival of Contemporary Music. He has had recitals and workshops in Europe, Russia, Turkey, USA (UCSD, UCBerkeley, Stanford), Venezuela, Asia and New Zealand.

In 2002 he has been the first lecturer for recorder at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt. His solo CD, Tosiya Suzuki Recorder Recital, was awarded “Musik & Ästhetik Interpretationspreis 2003” by der Gesellschaft für Musik und Ästhetike. He was awarded the Darmstadt Stipendien Preis, the Kranichstein Musikpreis, the Kenzo Nakajima Music Prize and the Keizo Saji Prize. The last few years he has been guest teacher at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the Nuremberg University of Music and the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón. He teaches at the Elisabeth University of Music.

www.tosiyasuzuki.com

Watch Tosiya Suzuki plays Brian Ferneyhough’s Mnemosyne (1986/2004 recorder version). The video is part of the Play Further! Video Series.