| Kyoko Takezawa | |
| Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth Name: | Takezawa Kyōko |
| Birth Date: | 30 October 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Ōbu, Aichi |
| Instrument: | Violin |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Occupation: | violinist |
| Years Active: | 1986 to present |
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.
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Various Artists
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Pillip Moll, piano
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Bamberg Symphony, Conducted by Claus Peter Flor
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Leonard Slatkin
Tarō Iwashiro and Kyoko Takezawa
BMG Fan House (Japan)
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
BMG Fan House (Japan)