Kyoko Takezawa

Kyoko Takezawa (竹澤 恭子 Takezawa Kyōko?) is a prominent Japanese-born violinist. She has recorded on both the BMG and RCA labels.

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 $3,544,000 USD.

Discography

Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev
RCA
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Interviewer: Dudley Moore
BMG
Various Artists
RCA
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Pillip Moll, piano
RCA
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Rohan de Silva, piano
RCA
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev
RCA Victor
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Bamberg Synphony, Conducted by Claus Peter Flor
RCA
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Sir Colin Davis
RCA
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
RCA
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Steven Isserlis, cello
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Leonard Slatkin
Jacob Berg, Peter Bowman, Susan Slaughter
RCA
Tarō Iwashiro and Kyoko Takezawa
BMG Fan House (Japan)
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Akira Eguchi, piano
BMG Fan House (Japan)

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