FUJI|||||||||||TA + Aya Suzuki

FUJI||||||||||TA is a sound artist and composer based in Japan. He creates his unique sound art and music which takes various natural phenomena that respond to his interest in wanting to hear unheard sounds and noises. In 2009 Fujita hand fabricated an original instrument, a Pipe Organ. Since then, he has released a number of different sets, but what he have in common is that his expressions are mainly use the sounds of air and minimal. The release of album “iki" on Hallow Ground in 2020 led to greater recognition outside of Japan, and since then he has been active in Europe and North America.

Aya Suzuki is a Japanese percussionist based in Belgium who began her musical journey at the age of six. She studied at the Toho-Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo under world-renowned marimba virtuoso Keiko Abe, later graduating at the top of her class in percussion from the Royal Conservatory of Ghent in 2017. Her talent has been recognized with multiple first prizes, including the Grand Prix at the 2013 Drum Festival in Poland and first prize at the Marimba Spiritual contest in 2012.

Suzuki performs solo at major venues such as deSingel (Antwerp), STUK (Leuven), Concertgebouw Brugge, and QO-2 (Brussels), and collaborates with ensembles like ictus, Spectra Gent, and Quixtet. Active across solo, ensemble, and theater contexts, she received Flemish government funding in 2024 to produce two solo music theater pieces: Karakuri (with Zonzo Compagnie) and Mechanical Garden. She also composes for theater and dance, making her debut as a composer for Needcompany’s The Garden of Earthly Disquiet, premiering at the Royal Opera House of Flanders (KVS) in December 2025.