Tosiya Suzuki
InfoWorld-renowned recorder virtuoso Tosiya Suzuki (鈴木俊哉) performs an evening featuring new works by UC Berkeley graduate student composers: Josiah Adrineda, Xinglan Deng, Claire Hu, Pablo Teutli, Shu Wang, Jenny Xiong, and Tianyu Zou. This concert showcases vibrant contemporary music written for solo recorder, highlighting the creative voices of Prof. Ken Ueno’s studio.
Open to the public. Free admission.
About the Artist
Tosiya Suzuki is a distinguished recorder player celebrated for his work in contemporary music and for expanding the technical and expressive possibilities of the instrument. He studied at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam with Walter van Hauwe and has collaborated with eminent composers such as Luca Cori, Brian Ferneyhough, Toshio Hosokawa, Salvatore Sciarrino, and Joji Yuasa, premiering many of their works. Suzuki has appeared as a soloist at major festivals around the world — including Wien Modern, Tage für Neue Musik Zürich, Gaudeamus Music Week, Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, ISCM World Music Days, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Akiyoshidai International Contemporary Music Seminar & Festival, Takefu International Music Festival, and more — and has presented recitals and workshops across Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the United States, including at UC Berkeley and Stanford. In 2002 he served as the first recorder lecturer at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt. His solo CD Tosiya Suzuki Recorder Recital received the Musik & Ästhetik Interpretationspreis 2003, and his many honors include the Darmstadt Stipendien Preis, the Kranichstein Musikpreis, the Kenzo Nakajima Music Prize, and the Keizo Saji Prize. Suzuki has taught internationally and currently teaches at the Elisabeth University of Music.