13 spired and moƟvated her colleagues to develop their pedagogical potenƟal, which resulted in her obtaining the rank of a teacher trainer. She loved to teach all children without excepƟon and she pursued many pedagogical ideas and plans. Unfortunately, she was defeated by a long-term illness and she died on the 31st of January 2022. We shall always remember her opƟmism, her strength in overcoming obstacles and her love for music – especially violin. was at the Ɵme unknown in Poland. Thanks to her organisaƟonal skills, many naƟonal and internaƟonal Suzuki workshops took place. From the very beginning she inIn Memoriam E lżbieta Węgrzyn graduated from the Academy of Music in Krakow in 1999. She was a violinist of incredible ability, but her life choice had always been to teach children. In 2001 she began her studies under the direcƟon of Tove Detrekoy and Anna Podhajska – it was the first Suzuki Method training available in Poland and marked the beginning of her pedagogical work using the Suzuki Method. We will remember her as an energeƟc, funny person who was always prepared and ready for acƟon and who always had a big smile on her face. She opened a school which aƩracted both children and parents willing to learn a method, which Elzbieta , Violin Teacher Trainer, POLAND by Bartosz Henrych Satoko Hoshino Violin Teacher JAPAN & GERMANY by Yoko Nijdam-Hoshino She loved each child as if he or she were her own, she worked earnestly with the parents, was kind but strict and uncompromising and she taught with the absolute convicƟon that every child should be brought up well. Wherever she went, she carried Suzuki's books and the bulleƟn of the Suzuki Method with her and she regularly aƩended Teacher´s MeeƟngs in Japan and Berlin, as well “Let's study together“. With these words, Dr. Suzuki launched my mother's life as a Suzuki Teacher. For the next 50 years, day aŌer day she searched for tone, tone, tone, beauƟful tone. First in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture where she was born and raised. Then moving to Tokyo when her husband, a piano tuner for Yamaha was transferred to Tokyo and in 2005 she moved to Berlin to stay with her daughter. Here she studied German and conƟnued her teaching in Germany. Together with all the children, their parents and the fellow teachers she met, unƟl the last days of her sudden separaƟon aŌer a heart aƩack, she worked with all her might to research and to pass on a teaching method in her mother tongue that would nurture every child. as the German and European Congresses and the World Congress in Japan. On days when there were no lessons, she was parƟcularly restless and disliked holidays without lessons. She loved the summer holiday workshops where all the children and their families worked hard and were lively and she acƟvely parƟcipated in them with her students. She prepared for the compeƟƟons as best she could with each and every one of her young students, aiming for the highest level with all parƟcipaƟng students and their parents. Through the lessons of her children, who always gave her joy and hope in life she was happy and full of purpose unƟl the end. I would like to thank all the teachers who interacted with my mother from the boƩom of my heart.
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