Shinichi Suzuki (violinist)

Shin'ichi Suzuki (Japanese铃木 镇 一, born October 17, 1898 in Nagoya, † 26 January 1998 ) was a Japanese violinist and successful violin teacher.

Suzuki has done with his teaching method, which was originally intended for String Instruments Suzuki method, a name.

Life

His father Masakichi Suzuki (铃木 政 吉) 1888 was the founder of the first violin factory in Japan. In 1920 he went to Tokyo, where with the family of the Marquis Tokugawa Yoshichikas (徳 川 义 亲) lived and Ando Kō (安藤 幸), the younger sister of Koda Rohan, violin learned. In 1921 he accompanied the Marquis in his trip to Germany. There he learned in Berlin under Karl Klingler for eight years, and also got to know Albert Einstein. In 1928 he married Waltraud Prange (* 1905) and returned to Japan, where he founded the Suzuki quartet with his three brothers. First he gave at the Kunitachi Ongaku Daigaku classes until he with the Russian violinist Alexander Mogilevsky the Conservatory Tokyo, a predecessor of today's School of Art Tokyo, founded and its first director was. In 1946 he founded in Matsumoto Matsumoto Ongakuin (松本 音 楽 院) and then the Zenkoku Yoji Kyoiku Dōshikai (全国 幼 児 教育 同志 会, dt "National Pre-School Education Company"), which two years later in Saino Kyoiku Kenkyūkai (才能 教育 研究 会, dt has been renamed. "Talent Education Research group") and 1950 recognized as an association. In 1949 there were already 35 violin groups with a total of 1500 students by his method. In 1955 he gave to his students in 1200, the first national concert in front of the Crown Prince. In 1964 he made ​​his first concert tour in the U.S., where his method was very well received, so that he was in Hawaii in 1975, the first World Festival. In 1979 he was made ​​an honorary citizen of Matsumoto.

In the Bavarian court is since September 2000, the seat of the German Suzuki company. In many cities, courses are offered by the Suzuki method.