- Kyoko Takezawa
is a prominent
Japan ese-bornviolinist . She has recorded on both theBMG andRCA labels.She started her training in Japan as a part of the
Suzuki Method program and was part of a tour of theUnited States . She is a graduate of theJuilliard School (1989) where her teacher wasDorothy DeLay . Ms. Takezawa has won the gold medal in, and, in 2006, served as a judge for the InternationalIndianapolis 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
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Tchaikovsky /Prokofiev /Violin Concerto s" (laser disk ):Kyoko Takezawa,violin :Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra , Conducted byVladimir Fedoseyev :RCA *"
Concerto ! / Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2" (DVD ):Kyoko Takezawa,violin :London Symphony Orchestra , Conducted byMichael 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 / FrenchViolin Sonatas ":Kyoko Takezawa,violin :Rohan De Silva ,piano :RCA *"
Tchaikovsky /Prokofiev /Violin Concertos ":Kyoko Takezawa,violin :Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra , Conducted byVladimir Fedoseyev :RCA Victor *"Mendelssohn
Violin Concertos ":Kyoko Takezawa,violin :Bamberg Synphony , Conducted byClaus Peter Flor :RCA *"Elgar Violin Concerto":Kyoko Takezawa,
violin :Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , Conducted bySir Colin Davis :RCA *"Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2":Kyoko Takezawa,
violin :London Symphony Orchestra , Conducted byMichael 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 byLeonard 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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