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." Mr. Suzuki has appeared as a soloist with Paula Robison in Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Flutes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and additionally with the Manhattan School Philharmonia, Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchetra, New York Metamorphoses, and Young Soloists of New York chamber orchestras.

As a chamber musician, Mr. Suzuki has been heard in many top venues including Marlboro Music Festival, Weill and Merkin halls, the 92nd St Y, Bargemusic, The Stone, and on National Public Radio's Performance Today, WGBH Radio Boston, andÊMusic from Aspen. He has also premiered numerous works with composer Lisa Bielawa, the Metropolis Ensemble, and in Carnegie Hall workshops with Dawn Upshaw, John Harbison and Osvaldo Golijov.

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. 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. He has studied with Linda Chesis, Michael Parloff, Nadine Asin, Gary Woodward, Jean Harling, and in masterclasses with Paula Robison.