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, and
Music 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.
