Photo by Ken Russell - February/March 1956 Prize Girl from Japan Yoko Kono, 24 year old Japanese pianist - the first Asian to win an open European Musical Competition and highly praised for her BBC TV appearance. She is married to Kaoru Tchiba, the first French horn player of the Japanese Radio Symphony Orchestra. She is seen here settling herself at a piano in the music department of a London store. ©2006 TopFoto/Ken Russell