Takako Nishizaki
Takako Nishizaki ( Japanese 西 崎 崇 子 , Nishizaki Takako ; born April 14, 1944 ) is a Japanese violinist.
Life
Takako Nishizaki was the first violin student to complete the Suzuki method . She had received it from her father and Suzuki Shin'ichi until she was nine years old . She continued her training with Hideo Saitō and with the American violinist Broadus Erle , who was concertmaster with the Japanese Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo at the time. When Erle returned to the USA after a five-year stay in Japan, she continued her studies with him at Yale University from 1962 and then with Joseph Fuchs at the Juilliard School . Nishizaki received various scholarships in the USA, took part in competitions and in 1969 won the "Juilliard Concerto Competition".
Nishizaki is married to Klaus Heymann , the founder of the Naxos label , and they have a son. She recorded the love of the butterflies by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao for Naxos and achieved great success on the Asian market. Her recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons had sold more than 1.5 million copies on the Naxos label by 2012. Nishizaki teaches violin where she lives in Hong Kong .
Nishizaki is particularly highly regarded in China and has been honored there several times. In Europe she was awarded the Golden Merit of the Republic of Austria in 2001 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Takako Nishizaki in the catalog of the German National Library
- Takako Nishizaki near Naxos
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Takako Nishizaki near Naxos
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nishizaki, Takako |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 西 崎 崇 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Japan |