SUZUKI, Teruaki

Born in Sendai (Japan), 1958. Graduated the music composition course of TOHO GAKUEN School of Music and Graduate School. Studied under Akira MIYOSHI. Won 1st prize in the 46th The Music Competition of Japan (Chamber music section) and 2nd prize in the 51st The Music Competition of Japan (Orchestral work section). Won first place in the 7th Japan Symphony Foundation Award (1984). Won 1st prize in “Hambacher Preis” International Composition Competition
(West Germany) in 1985 (Orchestral work department), and in 1987 (String trio department). They were performed and broadcasted in Europe. Opera “The Twin Stars (Futago no Hoshi)”, whose original text was written by Kenji MIYAZAWA, was premiered in Sendai, 1988. “Hymnos” pour Double Choeur et Orchestre, commissioned by the 16th Min-On Contemporary Music Festival, was premiered in 1990.
Won “Muramatsu Preis” in 1991, the 12th Kenzo Nakajima Award in 1994, as a member of “Art Respirant” a group of players and composers, and The Miyagi Prefecture Arts Award 2001. A member of The Japan Federation of Composers and Group “Art Respirant”. He has provided performances of Japanese chambermusic, <Point de Vue (Viewpoint)> since 2007. A Director of The Japan Federation of Composers and a member of Group “Art Respirant”. From 2012 to 2017, was lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts. Currently, professor at TOHO GAKUEN School of Music.
His major works are “Quatuor à cordes” (1983), “Concerto pour Violon et Orchestre” (1984), “Symphonique Métamorphose” (1985), “Prolatio” pour Clarinette et 13 Instruments (1990), “Cinq Fragments Concertants” pour Orchestre de chambre (1994), “Mimi o Sumasu” for Children’s chorus and Orchestra (1999), “Requiem” pour Choeur Mixte, Instruments à vents et Percussion (2000), “Canto Manierismo” for Chamber orchestra (2001), “Tohno Gen-to” for Children’s chorus in two groups and Percussion (2002), “Tír na nÓg” (2004), “Son Structure II” pour Cinq Exécutants (2007), Quatuor à cordes II  (2008), “Triptychos” pour Orchestre de chamber (2009), “Junitsuki” for Children’s Chorus and String Orchestra (2010), SUITE pour Violoncelle seul No. 1, “Divertissement” pour Violoncelle ensemble  (2011), “Spirituel” pour Orchestre à Cordes (2013), Quatuor à cordes III (2014), “Spirituel II” pour violoncelle et piano (2015), Trio No. 1 pour Violon, Violoncelle et Piano (2016), “Spirituel III” pour violon et piano (2018), “Quatuor à cordes IV” (2019) and “SUITE pour Violoncelle seul No. 2” (2021), Trio No. 2 pour Violon, Violoncelle et Piano (2022) etc., in addition to many chorus works.