Masato Suzuki is a conductor, composer, pianist, harpsichordist and organist. He is Principal Conductor of Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ), Principal Guest Conductor of the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director of Ensemble Genesis. He served for six years as Conductor and Creative Partner of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, concluding his tenure in 2026.
With BCJ, his repertoire ranges from Bach’s sacred music to opera. In 2025, he led the ensemble in his own completion and edition of Mozart’s Requiem on a seven-city European tour, including Paris and Madrid. In October 2026, he will lead BCJ’s European tour of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos as conductor and harpsichordist, followed in December by performances of Handel’s Messiah in Europe and Singapore. His guest appearances include the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Symphoniker Hamburg, the Netherlands Bach Society and the Academy of Ancient Music. He made his debut with the Orchestre de Paris in November 2025 and conducted Camerata Salzburg with Yunchan Lim and other soloists in June 2026.
Through the Masato Suzuki Produces BCJ Opera Series, he has presented Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea and Handel’s Rinaldo and Giulio Cesare. The production of Rinaldo received the 19th Yoshio Sagawa Music Award. In 2022, he made his debut at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, conducting Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. His work in Bunkamura’s Mozart opera series includes Die Zauberflöte (2024), Don Giovanni (2025) and Le nozze di Figaro (2026).
His recordings include Bach’s harpsichord concertos with BCJ and solo recordings of both books of The Well-Tempered Clavier for BIS, as well as a duo recording with Antoine Tamestit for Harmonia Mundi. Alongside composition and arranging, he undertakes reconstructions of Bach’s works and has prepared his own completion and edition of Mozart’s Requiem. He is a regular presenter of NHK-FM’s The Pleasure of Early Music and appears on television programmes including Untitled Concert. Suzuki graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, where he also completed postgraduate studies, and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. His honours include the 71st Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists, the 18th Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award, the 18th Hotel Okura Music Award and the 29th Akio Watanabe Music Foundation Award. He is Executive Producer of the Chofu International Music Festival and a visiting professor at Kyushu University and Kobe Shoin University.
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Updated September 2026