Japanese Classical Violinists - Shinichi Suzuki, Midori Got, Akiko Suwanai, Kyoko Takezawa, Mayuko Kamio, Sayaka Shoji, Joji Hattori (Paperback)

Chapters: Shinichi Suzuki, Midori Got, Akiko Suwanai, Kyoko Takezawa, Mayuko Kamio, Sayaka Shoji, Joji Hattori, T ru Yasunaga, Koji Toyoda, Ryu Goto, Airi Suzuki, Takako Nishizaki. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Shin'ichi Suzuki Suzuki Shin'ichi, October 17, 1898 January 26, 1998) was the inventor of the international Suzuki method of music education. Considered an influential and controversial pedagogue, he often spoke of the ability of all children to learn things well, in the right environment. Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1898, one of twelve children, Shinichi spent his childhood working at his father's violin factory (current Suzuki Violin Co., Ltd), putting up violin soundposts. A family friend encouraged Shinichi to study Western culture, but his father felt that it was beneath Suzuki to be a performer. He began to teach himself how to play the violin at 17, however, after being inspired by a recording of Mischa Elman. Without access to professional instruction, he listened to recordings and tried to imitate what he heard. At the age of 22, the Marquis Tokugawa, a friend of Suzuki's, persuaded his father to allow him to study in Germany, where he studied under Karl Klingler. Suzuki never attained any formal education past his high school diploma. While in Germany, he spent several years under the guardianship of Alfred Einstein. He also met and married his wife, Waltraud. Upon his return to Japan, he formed a string quartet with his brothers and began teaching at the Imperial School of Music and at the Kunitachi Music School in Tokyo. During World War II, his fathers violin factory was bombed by American war planes and one of his brothers died as a result. The family was left penniless by this, so Suzuki decided to leave his teaching posit...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=707070