Waltraud suzuki biography of albert einstein

Violinist, educator, philosopher and humanitarian.
Founder of the Suzuki Method.

A Short Biography

Shinichi Suzuki spent his life proving that ability is not inborn and that talent can be created.

Born in Nagoya, Japan on the 17th of October in 1898, he is remembered for his method of teaching young children so that all develop exceptional talent.

His father, Masakichi Suzuki, ran a workshop that made traditional Japanese stringed instruments.

Waltraud suzuki biography of albert einstein

Fascinated with the violin, he made his first one in 1888, and by the early 1900's he owned the first violin factory in Japan, which was also the largest in the world. He intended for his son Shinichi to help run the family business.

Shinichi Suzuki instead taught himself to play the violin, inspired by a recording of Mischa Elman playing Schubert's Ave Maria. A wealthy Japanese nobleman from the Tokugawa family became Suzuki's patron, first inviting him to Tokyo for lessons with Ko Ando, a former student of