Kyoko Takezawa

Kyoko Takezawa

is a prominent Japanese-born violinist. She has recorded on both the BMG and RCA labels.

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 has won the gold medal in, and, in 2006, served as a judge for the International Indianapolis Violin Competition.

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

*"Tchaikovsky / Prokofiev / Violin Concertos" (laser disk):Kyoko Takezawa, violin:Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev:RCA

*"Concerto! / Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2" (DVD):Kyoko Takezawa, violin:London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Michael Tilson-Thomas:Interviewer: Dudley Moore:BMG

*"Violin for Relaxation":Various Artists:RCA

*"Bartok / Brahms / Chaminade / Falla / Tchaikovsky":Kyoko Takezawa, violin:Pillip Moll, piano:RCA

*"Saint-Saens / Debussy / Ravel / French Violin Sonatas":Kyoko Takezawa, violin:Rohan De Silva, piano:RCA

*"Tchaikovsky / Prokofiev / Violin Concertos":Kyoko Takezawa, violin:Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev:RCA Victor

*"Mendelssohn Violin Concertos":Kyoko Takezawa, violin:Bamberg Synphony, Conducted by Claus Peter Flor:RCA

*"Elgar Violin Concerto":Kyoko Takezawa, violin:Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Sir Colin Davis:RCA

*"Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2":Kyoko Takezawa, violin:London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Michael Tilson-Thomas:RCA

*"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

*"Aria on the Strings":Taro Iwashiro and Kyoko Takezawa:BMG Fan House (Japan)

*"Romanza":Kyoko Takezawa, violin:Akira Eguchi, piano:BMG Fan House (Japan)

External links

* [http://www.kyokotakezawa.com/index_eng.htm Kyoko Takezawa's Site]

References

* [http://www.kyokotakezawa.com/index_eng.htm Kyoko Takezawa's Site]


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