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Takahiro Suzuki Chamber Music Series vol.3 Informel Rhapsody in Blue

  • Organization : Takahiro Suzuki
  • Section : Artistic and creative activity in Tokyo
  • Type of Grant Program : Single Individual
  • Art Forms : Music

Outline

This concert series features chamber music works for saxophone and other instruments. The theme for Vol.3 focused on the relationship between America and the saxophone and included five works premiering in Japan. By presenting the audience with a program, a venue selection, a production, etc. organized under the concept of being a single work, this concert delved into the depths of American music, which has its roots in the blues.

Profile

Takahiro Suzuki
Graduated from The Music High School attached to The Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, the university itself, and its graduate school. He received the Doseikai Award when he graduated from the university’s undergraduate program, as well as the graduate school’s Acanthus Music Prize when he completed his studies at the said graduate school. He has performed at the Doseikai Newcomer Concert and Geidai Regular Chamber Music concert. In France, he attended a master class by C. Delangle, V. David, A. Bornkamp and others at a GAP summer seminar held in France. He is also active as an extra performer in domestic professional orchestras and wind instrument groups and has given five solo recitals in Tokyo to date. As well as performing principally in schools and concert halls in the Tokyo area, Suzuki is proactively involved in the Japan premieres of ensemble and chamber music works featuring the saxophone and other instruments, exploring the possibilities of the saxophone as a musical instrument.

Contact

Tomoko Suzuki
informel.sax@gmail.com

Venues

Lutheran Ichigaya Hall, Shinjyuku City, Tokyo