 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 Slovak Philharmonic under Kenneth Jean by Naxos Records of famous violin concertos are highly ranked by "The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music".