Lance Suzuki
flute

Lance Suzuki has been described as "an unusually passionate flutist who captivates an audience" by the New York Concert Review. The Los Angeles Times has called his playing "musically poised" and "cool in sound" and the New York Times has deemed his collaborations "the evening's most compelling offerings." Recent highlights include chamber music performances in Weill and Merkin Halls, at the 92nd StY, The Stone, live on National Public Radio's Performance Today, and at the Marlboro Music Festival.

Mr. Suzuki has collaborated with many leading artists including flutists Paula Robison and Marina Piccinini, pianists Gilbert Kalish and Lang Lang, cellist David Soyer, and principal wind players from many major US orchestras. He has appeared as a soloist with the Manhattan School Philharmonia, the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, the New York Metamorphoses Orchestra, the Young Soloists of New York chamber orchestra, and in Vivaldi's double concerto with Paula Robison at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. Work with guitarist/composer David Leisner has led to the New York and Boston premieres of works by William Bolcom and Osvaldo Golijov, a live appearance on WGBH Radio in Boston, and performances at guitar festivals in New York and Long Island. He has also premiered new works by Japanese composer Ayaka Nishina, and through Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshops led by Dawn Upshaw, Osvaldo Golijov, and John Harbison.

Born and raised in the state of Hawaii, Lance Suzuki began studying the flute at age nine. Since then, he has been the recipient of numerous honors and grants in his home state and abroad. Among these are a Hawaii Music Award, fellowships from the Aspen and Marlboro Music Festivals, and prizes from the MSM Eisenberg-Fried, YMF Debut, and Pasadena Instrumental Competitions. He holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, and from the University of Southern California where he was named "Outstanding Graduate" in his class by the faculty. His teachers have been Linda Chesis, Michael Parloff, Nadine Asin, Gary Woodward, and Jean Harling.