Kyoko Takezawa

Kyoko Takezawa
Birth name	Takezawa Kyōko
Born	(1966-10-30) 30 October 1966 Japan Ōbu, Aichi
Genres	Classical
Occupation	violinist
Instrument	Violin
Years active	1986 to present

Kyoko Takezawa (竹澤 恭子, Takezawa Kyōko) is a prominent Japanese-born violinist. She has recorded for the RCA Victor Red Seal label.

Born in Ōbu, Aichi, 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 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

• Kyoko Takezawa Official Website

External links

• Official website