Japanese music pedagogue Shinichi Suzuki died on this day in 1998, aged 99.
Many of today’s top soloists and orchestral musicians began their musical education with his teachings, including violinists Hilary Hahn, Sarah Chang, Leila Josefowicz, Nicola Benedetti, Julia Fischer, Anne Akiko Meyers, Arabella Steinbacher and VC Artists Ray Chen and Stefan Jackiw.
