Suzuki Environmental Listening

Daily listening is the absolute foundation of the Suzuki Method.

COMING SOON: One of our favorite violin idols Augustin Hadelich will be recording Suzuki volumes 4-8!

Takako Nishizaki

Easiest option for streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon)

One of Suzuki’s first students, Takako Nishizaki’s tasteful and thoughtful Suzuki Evergreens are streaming, and the albums span Suzuki Books 1-8, and often include source material recordings.

A note that some of the notes vary slightly in later books, you may want to also get the official Suzuki recordings.

Hilary Hahn

Latest Official Suzuki Recording

Three-time Grammy winner, world-class concert violinist, and you guessed it, former Suzuki student, Hilary Hahn recorded the Suzuki Violin School Volumes 1-3 in 2020; a gift to young violinists everywhere.

David Nadien

Suzuki Official Recording

An incredible fiddler who served as concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein; these were the recordings I and many colleagues grew up with.