Romantic Violin Favourites Violinist Takako Nishizaki was the first student to complete the Suzuki Method course at age nine. When she was in the U.S. in 1962, Takako Nishizaki was awarded the Fritz Kreisler Scholarship and, in 1964, took second place in the Leventritt Award. In 1969, she won first prize in Juilliard Concerto Competition while performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante]] with Nobuko Imai. Takako Nishizaki performed and recorded with pianists such as Andras Schiff, Jenö Jandó and Michael Ponti and performed in chamber music ensembles. She is married to Naxos record label owner Klaus Heymann. She teaches violin in Hong Kong. |