Martin Rüttimann was born into a musical family where both parents were Suzuki teachers and founded one of the first Suzuki school in Switzerland. He studied the violin with Andras Santora and later with Detlef Hahn (London, Oslo), master classes with Alexandre Dubach, Franco Gulli, Prof. Spiller and Koji Toyoda. 

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In 2008 he became an ESA Suzuki teacher trainer and was appointed a teacher trainer for the ARSO in 2014. Frequently asked as a guest teacher and examiner, he was teaching at workshops all over Europe as well as around Asia, South Africa and New Zealand. He was a faculty member of the 16^th World Convention 2013, held in Matsumoto and in the Asian Suzuki Conferences 2014 in Taipei and 2016 in Bali and 2018 in Manila. 

Together with a team he organized the 10^th European Suzuki Convention in Davos where more than 700 children from Europe, Japan, Australia and the U.S. were gathered together.

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Since 2005 he is the president of the Swiss Suzuki Institute. From 2011 to 2020 was appointed as Chairman of the ESA (European Suzuki Association) and is a trustee of the European Suzuki Teaching Development Trust (ESTDT). He represented the ESA on board of the International Suzuki Association (ISA), to which he served as chair from 2017-2019.

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