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This
is Shinichi Suzuki. He was born in 1898 and lived
till he was 99 in 1998. This man is know for his
way with the violin and for his musical education of
very young students.
Through
our global hero unit we learned all about Shinichi
Suzuki, Japan and the Violin. On the following
pages you can see many of the things we learned.
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Timeline
700 The practice of origami begins
1500 Violin was created in Italy
Late 1500 Japan uses hinomaru as the symbol of the country for its flag
1707 Mt. Fuji last erupted
1868 Japan became a modern nation
November 3, 1880 Kimigayo the national anthem begins
1888 Suzuki’s father, Masakichi Suzuki, ran a workshop that made traditional Japanese stringed instruments. Fascinated with the violin, he made his first one in 1888.
In the early 1900's he owned the first violin factory in Japan, which was also the largest in the world
October 17, 1898 Shinichi Suzuki was born
1915 Suzuki learns to play violin
1920 Suzuki goes to Germany and studies with Karl Klingler he also marries Waltraud Prange
1928 Suzuki returns to Japan and forms the Suzuki Quartet
with his three brothers and Shinichi Suzuki becomes a violin teacher
1946 Suzuki went to Matsumoto where he helped start a music school, eventually named the Talent Education Research Institute
1983 International Suzuki Association (ISA) was founded and strives to encourage, promote, enlarge, and coordinate the Suzuki Method throughout the world.
January 26, 1998 Shinichi Suzuki dies at the age of 99 |
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What
we learned about Suzuki:
“He’s
plays the violin. He used chopsticks.”
-Josh
“Suzuki
was born in October 1898 and he died when he was 99
yrs old.”
-Isis
“His
culture, how they sleep and how they eat. He
lived to be 99yrs old.”
-Katie
“He
died the same year that I was born. Also, he could
teach children music at age 3.”
-Victoria
“He
could teach children to learn to play at the age of
2-3yrs old.” -Zach
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