Japanese Pedagogue Shinichi Suzuki Died On This Day in 1998 [ON-THIS-DAY]

Japanese pedagogue Shinichi Suzuki died on this day in 1998 – aged 99.

Mr Suzuki holds an influential place in history as the creator of the Suzuki method of music education.

Many of today’s top soloists and orchestral musicians began their musical education with his teachings – including violinists Sarah Chang, Leila Josefowicz, Nicola Benedetti, Julia Fischer, Anne Akiko Meyers, Arabella Steinbacher - and VC Artists Ray Chen and Stefan Jackiw.