Bach Collegium Japan
| Bach Collegium Japan | |
|---|---|
| Seat: |
 Tokyo and Kobe
|
| Founding: | 1990 |
| Genus: | Mixed choir and baroque orchestra |
| Founder: | Masaaki Suzuki |
| Head : | Masaaki Suzuki |
| Voices : | ?? (SATB) |
| Website : | http://bachcollegiumjapan.org/en/ |
The Bach Collegium Japan , consisting of a baroque orchestra and choir , was founded by Masaaki Suzuki in 1990 to make Baroque works known in historical performance practice in Japan. It is based in Tokyo and Kobe . In addition to Bach, the Collegium is primarily dedicated to works by Dietrich Buxtehude , Heinrich Schütz , Johann Hermann Schein and Georg Böhm .
The Bach Collegium Japan has after successes in Japan now also in the European concert and festival scene a firm position and cooperates frequently with European artists such as Rachel Nicholls , Michael Chance , Peter Kooij , Christoph Prégardien or Dominik Wörner .
After recordings of Bach's Passions, Handel's Messiah and Monteverdi's Vespers , the ensemble began recording all of Bach's cantatas in 1995 on the 50th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in World War II .
Masaaki Suzuki, born in Kobe in 1954, trained as an organist, harpsichordist and composer in Tokyo and Amsterdam, with Ton Koopman , among others . He is professor of organ and harpsichord at the National University of Art and Music in Tokyo. He also describes his Christian faith as the motivation for his intensive study of Bach.