26 O n Saturday, October 14th, around 20 teachers from Vienna, Lower Austria, Carinthia, Upper Austria and Styria met at the Johannes Brahms Mürzzuschla. Ten years of ASIoM - Austrian Suzuki InsƟtute of Music and five years of Suzuki Centre Mürzzuschlag were the reason for a celebraƟon day in the hall of the music school. The transverse flute ensemble (Julia Bendl class), the Flying Strings (leader Mag. Simone Mustein, students from the classes Elisabeth SchmeƩerer, Mag. Lisa EggerCharvat, Gernot Rupp and Raphael Vorraber) and the Suzuki Trumpet Juniors (class director Mag. Michael Koller). This was followed by lectures via video from internaƟonal experts such as Haukur F Hannesson (Sweden) and MarƟn Rüƫmann (Switzerland) with discussions about the lecture topics aŌerwards. AŌer lunch together, colleagues Anna Lea Stefansdoƫr (“10 years of ASIoM – Where are we going?”) and Annalisa Virzi gave lectures about SECE (Suzuki Early Childhood EducaƟon). The Ɵme aŌerwards was too short for lively exchange among colleagues Photo: MarƟn Wimmer 10th Anniversary of Austria– ASIoM 10th Anniversary of Latvia– LvSA Sallija Bankevica T he dream to bring the SUZUKI Method to Latvia has come true! From four Piano teachers and a small number of families at the start, the Latvian Suzuki AssociaƟon (LvSA) has grown to 14 teachers (8 Pianos, 2 Violins, 3 Cellos, 1 Contrabass) and more than 150 kids! Piano teachers KrisƤne Rāviņa and Tamāra Gžibovska brought the SUZUKI Method to our country 15 years ago and they founded LvSA to ensure the development of the SUZUKI Method in Latvia. Step by step, we have built our associaƟon by strengthening the Suzuki Community through the first GraduaƟon Concerts, NaƟonal Workshops, Teacher Training Courses and many other events. We are deeply grateful to our wonderful Teachers Trainers - Mary McCarthy (Piano), Koen Rens (Violin) and Anja Maja (Violoncello) - who help us to grow and develop the Suzuki spirit in Latvia. LvSA organized 3 concerts to celebrate this wonderful event. We were really happy to get Koen Rens and friends from Lithuania to play with us in the Charity Concert at St.Peter’s Church in Riga on 30 April 2023. Inspired by the BriƟsh Suzuki Gala Concert in the Royal Albert Hall, we created our 'Latvian Suzuki Gala'. It took place in the main concert hall of our capital city Riga on 4 June 2023 and brought together on the one stage all Latvian Suzuki students and teachers. It was a great pleasure to listen to groups of Pianos, Violins, Cellos, and Contrabasses play repertoire from the Suzuki Books as well as other special pieces. Of course, the finale of this concert was a performance by everyone playing a special arrangement of 'Twinkle' by our Piano teacher Ilze Poke wriƩen for the concert. We hope to conƟnue our journey through this wonderful Suzuki world. Wish us a good luck!
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