is a prominent Japanese-born violinist. She has recorded for the RCA Victor Red Seal label.
Born in Ōbu, Aichi in 1966, she started her training in Japan as a part of the Suzuki Method program and was part of a tour of the United States. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School (1989) where her teacher was Dorothy DeLay. Ms. Takezawa won the gold medal in 1986, and subsequently served as a judge for the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.
She played on the Stradivarius loaned to her by the Nippon Music Foundation until it was sold at auction in 2006 for US$3,544,000.
Discography Tchaikovsky / Prokofiev / Violin Concertos (LaserDisc) Kyoko Takezawa, violin Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev RCA Victor Red Seal
Concerto! / Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 (DVD) Kyoko Takezawa, violin London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas Interviewer: Dudley Moore RCA Victor Red Seal
Violin for Relaxation Various Artists RCA Victor Red Seal
Bartók / Brahms / Chaminade / Falla / Tchaikovsky Kyoko Takezawa, violin Pillip Moll, piano RCA Victor Red Seal
Saint-Saëns / Debussy / Ravel / French Violin Sonatas Kyoko Takezawa, violin Rohan de Silva, piano RCA Victor Red Seal
Tchaikovsky / Prokofiev / Violin Concertos Kyoko Takezawa, violin Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev RCA Victor Red Seal
Mendelssohn Violin Concertos Kyoko Takezawa, violin Bamberg Symphony, Conducted by Claus Peter Flor RCA Victor Red Seal
Elgar Violin Concerto Kyoko Takezawa, violin Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Sir Colin Davis RCA Victor Red Seal
Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 Kyoko Takezawa, violin London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas RCA Victor Red Seal
Barber Concerto for Violin Op. 14, Concerto for Cello in A minor Kyoko Takezawa, violin Steven Isserlis, cello St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Leonard Slatkin Jacob Berg, Peter Bowman, Susan Slaughter RCA Victor Red Seal
Aria on the Strings Tarō Iwashiro and Kyoko Takezawa BMG Fan House (Japan)
Romanza Kyoko Takezawa, violin Akira Eguchi, piano BMG Fan House (Japan)
References
General references
External links Takezawa Kyoko, Argerich Arts Foundation