Ryuta Suzuki
Born in Yokohama in 1959, Ryuta Suzuki began studying the piano at the
age of three. Since then he has studied piano and composition with Sumiko
Tanaka, Aoi Kamiya, Kazuko Yamamoto and Goro Sumi, percussion with
Yasunori Yamaguchi and conducting with Michiyoshi Inoue.
After graduating from the Keio University (faculty of Law) in 1981, he studied conducting at the Berkshire music center in Tanglewood, USA in 1982. From 1981 to 1985, he held the position of the assistant conductor of the New Japan Philharmonic, working with such conductors as Seiji Ozawa, Takashi Asahina, Michiyoshi Inoue and Kazuhiro Koizumi. In 1985, he moved to France for further study. Since returning to Japan in 1986, he has worked in classical, jazz and pop music, whether as a keyboard player, an arranger or a composer.
Ryuta Suzuki has performed on the piano and the organ with orchestras such as the New Japan Philharmonic, Mito Chamber Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Orchestral Kanazawa, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Vienna Philharmonic, Leningrad Philharmonic and Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. He has not only performed with Taiko drummer Eitetsu Hayashi and saxophone player Yasuaki Shimizu as an organist, but also in collaboration with guitarist Larry Coryell and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty as a jazz pianist. He played the organ in a soundtrack of a movie Spy Sorge in June 2003.
His CD Fujin-Raijin won the grand prize of the Arts Festival (recording section) in the 2004. In 2005, he performed with Saito Kinen Orchestra as an organist, and also performed a duet version of Fujin-Raijin in the concert celebrating the 70th birthday of Seiji Ozawa, together with Eitetsu Hayashi.
Suzuki was a member of the national anthem arrangement team for the Nagano Olympic Winter Games in 1997. He combines Christian musical service with his life’s work. He is an organist of the Yokohama Christ Church and a member of the hymn revision committee of the Anglican-Episcopal Church in Japan.
After graduating from the Keio University (faculty of Law) in 1981, he studied conducting at the Berkshire music center in Tanglewood, USA in 1982. From 1981 to 1985, he held the position of the assistant conductor of the New Japan Philharmonic, working with such conductors as Seiji Ozawa, Takashi Asahina, Michiyoshi Inoue and Kazuhiro Koizumi. In 1985, he moved to France for further study. Since returning to Japan in 1986, he has worked in classical, jazz and pop music, whether as a keyboard player, an arranger or a composer.
Ryuta Suzuki has performed on the piano and the organ with orchestras such as the New Japan Philharmonic, Mito Chamber Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Orchestral Kanazawa, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Vienna Philharmonic, Leningrad Philharmonic and Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. He has not only performed with Taiko drummer Eitetsu Hayashi and saxophone player Yasuaki Shimizu as an organist, but also in collaboration with guitarist Larry Coryell and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty as a jazz pianist. He played the organ in a soundtrack of a movie Spy Sorge in June 2003.
His CD Fujin-Raijin won the grand prize of the Arts Festival (recording section) in the 2004. In 2005, he performed with Saito Kinen Orchestra as an organist, and also performed a duet version of Fujin-Raijin in the concert celebrating the 70th birthday of Seiji Ozawa, together with Eitetsu Hayashi.
Suzuki was a member of the national anthem arrangement team for the Nagano Olympic Winter Games in 1997. He combines Christian musical service with his life’s work. He is an organist of the Yokohama Christ Church and a member of the hymn revision committee of the Anglican-Episcopal Church in Japan.
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