International Conferences

The 16th Suzuki Method World Convention will take place March 27-31, 2013, in Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan.

The event is sponsored by the Talent Education Research Institute (the Suzuki Method organization in Japan). The theme this year is “The World will be One, Joined Together by Children Making Music.”

The last Suzuki Method World Convention took place in Melbourne, Australia, in 2009. The last World Convention to be held in Japan was in 1998, the year of Dr. Suzuki’s death.

World Conventions feature events for teachers and students alike, with lectures, concerts, lessons, and master classes. The 2013 Convention hopes to bring together Suzuki students from throughout the world to play and study together.

For more information, see the 16th Suzuki Method World Convention website.

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The next international Suzuki convention will be held in Melbourne, Australia, April 14-19, 2009. Programs will be offered for teachers and students of Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano, Guitar, Flute, Voice, and Early Childhood. For more information, please see the 15th World Suzuki Convention website.

The 14th Suzuki Method World Convention in Turin, Italy, April 12-17, 2006 will be held eight years after the death of Maestro Shinichi Suzuki. The mission of the convention is to carry on Suzuki’s legacy and message, pursuing an objective dear to him, that all the children of the world, thanks to music, be happy and have a better life. Visit www.14suzukiworldconvention.net