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      I searched and tried various systems in working with children and unexpectedly stumbled upon the technique of Japanese violinist-teacher, Shinichi Suzuki. My soul immediately responded!

      The method turned out to be far from new, but it has long been tried and tested in many countries over the world, from the 1950s.

      About Suzuki and his method

      “A child’s slowness in any subject indicates a deficiency in his environment, educational or otherwise,”4 -Suzuki argued. The participation of one of the parents in the educational process is mandatory. Without them, the miracle of mastering the native language does not happen! Toddlers under 5 learn mostly from their parents. They don’t need peers, but parents are really needed. If adults are interested, if they are passionate, then the child will be interested. This process brings them together, unites the whole family. This method is not about learning to play an instrument. This method is about communication and exchange of positive energies, support and care for each other. In short: the Suzuki system works perfectly for family cohesion. Families involved in the Suzuki method stand out from the others. I see more positive relations between parents and children, and a lot of progress in development. Because everyone is involved in the learning process. And everyone who is in it is there voluntarily showing interest and participation. Sometimes, I get really upset knowing that I didn’t expose music to my daughter according to the Suzuki method.

      I just took her to a music school, to a good teacher, hoping for a result. Unfortunately, I had no other options; I didn’t know anything about the magical method of the great Japanese teacher back then. The result could have been very different…

      Dr. Suzuki lived a long and extraordinary life. He was born in Nagoya in 1898, in a big family with twelve children. His father owned a violin factory. The boy spent his whole childhood in there, watching the process and helping his father. However, he had no intentions of becoming a musician. At the age of 17, when he first heard Schubert’s “Ave Maria”, the young man was deeply shocked by the performance of the then-famous violinist Misha Elman, and began to independently learn to play the violin by ear. He worked hard, took private lessons and demonstrated remarkable abilities. At the age of 20, Suzuki went on a world tour with Prince Tokugawa, who convinced the young man and his father to take a course at the Berlin Conservatory.

      Shinichi Suzuki lived in Germany for 8 years, studying the art of playing violin with Professor Karl Klinger. At this time, he met Albert Einstein, who was also an amateur violinist. They quite often played music together. During the training, Suzuki became deeply acquainted with the work of Mozart, who then became his favorite composer for life. In 1930, Suzuki returned to Japan with his wife.

      He began teaching at the Imperial School of Music in Tokyo. Over the years, he was able to accumulate rich pedagogical experience, which allowed him to further create his own method of “Education of talents”.

      During the Second World War, the Suzuki family suffered many losses: the father’s factory was destroyed, one of his brothers was killed, his family was left with no means. To survive, he began giving lessons to orphans. Many children were very young, Koji Toyoda began to play the violin when he was only 3.5 years old. He became one of the first students who Dr. Suzuki taught engaging his own method.

      Mr. Toyoda is the current President of the International Suzuki Association, which he inherited after the death of his teacher in 1998. Gradually, the method and successful

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