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Shinichi Suzuki was born on October 17, 1898, in Nagoya, Japan, as one of twelve children.His father, Masakichi Suzuki, was originally a maker of traditional Japanese string instruments but in 1880, he became interested in violins and by Shinichi's birth he had developed the first Japanese violin factory (now Suzuki Violin Co., Ltd.), at that time the largest such factory in the world.
The Suzuki method is a mid-20th-century music curriculum and teaching method created by Japanese violinist and pedagogue Shinichi Suzuki. [1] The method claims to create a reinforcing environment for learning music for young learners.
Violinists Toshiya Eto and Koji Toyoda were amongst the first students of the famous music educator Shinichi Suzuki after he returned to Japan from studying in Germany. At that time, Koji Toyoda was only three and a half. During World War II, his studies with Suzuki were discontinued when Koji was evacuated from Tokyo.
Shinichi Suzuki, the president and chief executive officer of Atlus' North American subsidiary, has stepped down. Suzuki will be succeeded by Naoto Hiraoka, current head of consumer business at ...
John D. Kendall (August 30, 1917 – January 6, 2011) was a leader in bringing the Suzuki Method to the United States. [1] In 1959 he was presented with a grant to travel to Japan to meet Shinichi Suzuki and translate his ideas and teachings into a philosophy and pedagogy for violin teachers around the U.S.
Haag introduced the Suzuki method to the Arlington Heights Public Schools in Illinois, [2] and worked directly with Shinichi Suzuki in Matsumoto, Japan. While in Japan, she supervised the recordings for Suzuki in the String Class by Zahitilla (which were completed in Chicago ).
Since 1893, the Yokohama studio established by his father-in-law had been operated by I. S. Suzuki — that is, Izaburō, the son of Suzuki Shin'ichi I — and it continued operation until 1908. [12] After the Russo-Japanese War, Suzuki made an unfortunate investment in the transport industry, and the family was ruined. [13]
D. T. Suzuki was born Teitarō Suzuki in Honda-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, the fourth son of physician Ryojun Suzuki. The Buddhist name Daisetsu , meaning "Great Humility", the kanji of which can also mean "Greatly Clumsy", was given to him by his Zen master Soen (or Soyen) Shaku . [ 4 ]