Takako Nishizaki
Takako Nishizaki BBS (born 14 April 1944) is a Japanese violinist. She was the first student to complete the Suzuki Method course, at age nine.
Takako Nishizaki
- Name
- Takako Nishizaki
- Born
- 14 April 1944
- Birthplace
- Nagoya, Japan
- Spouse
- Klaus Heymann
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- violinist · musician
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Juilliard School · Yale University
- Honours
- Bronze Bauhinia Star · Golden Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria
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Takako Nishizaki BBS (born 14 April 1944) is a Japanese violinist. She was the first student to complete the Suzuki Method course, at age nine.
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Takako Nishizaki studied at Juilliard School and Yale University. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Places of work recorded in the authority are Hong Kong. Distinctions recorded are Bronze Bauhinia Star and Golden Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria.
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• Name — Takako Nishizaki • Born — 14 April 1944 • Birthplace — Nagoya, Japan • Native Name — 西崎 崇子 • Spouse — Klaus Heymann • Website — http: tnviolinstudio.com
Biography
Biography
Nishizaki went to the United States from Japan in 1962. She first studied with Broadus Erle at Yale University, and later with Joseph Fuchs at Juilliard. In 1964, she was a runner-up in the Leventritt Competition, in which Itzhak Perlman won first prize. In 1966, she was awarded Juilliard's Fritz Kreisler Scholarship. In 1969, she won first prize in the Juilliard Concerto Competition performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with violist Nobuko Imai. Some of Nishizaki's recordings with the Slovak Philharmonic under Kenneth Jean by Naxos Records of famous violin concertos are highly ranked by The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music. She has performed and recorded with pianists such as Andras Schiff, Jenö Jandó and Michael Ponti, and has performed in a number of chamber music ensembles. Nishizaki is married to the Naxos label owner Klaus Heymann, and teaches violin in Hong Kong, where she was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star in 2003 for her work in classical music and charity.
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Takako Nishizaki is recorded with the occupation violinist. Classed in the genre classical music. Recorded as violinist and musician.
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Nishizaki's recording of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" has sold over a million copies.
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- 1.艺术家西崎崇子简介. 新浪网影音娱乐. 2005-07-01.
- 2.Takako Nishizaki profile, naxos.com; accessed 9 March 2015.
- 3.Theodore Strongin. Violinist wins a prize, loses a Guarnerius. New York Times. 22 April 1964.
- 4.Allen Hughes. Takako Nishizaki in debut recital. New York Times. 13 January 1968.
- 5.Hoffmann, Frank W. Encyclopedia of recorded sound. CRC Press. 1. 731. 2004. 978-0-415-93835-8.
- 6.文匯報. 香港特區政府二〇〇三年授勳名單. 2003-07-01.
- 7.Anne Midgette. MUSIC; A No-Frills Label Sings To the Rafters. New York Times. 7 October 2007.
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