Kyoko Takezawa
- Born
- 1966 · Ōbu-shi.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- violinist · musician
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Juilliard School
- Teachers
- Dorothy DeLay · Masao Kawasaki
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Key facts
• Name — Kyoko Takezawa
• Background — non_vocal_instrumentalist
• Birth Name — Takezawa Kyōko
• Born — 1966
• Birthplace — Ōbu, Aichi
• Instrument — Violin
• Genre — Classical
• Occupation — violinist
• Years Active — 1986 to present
Kyoko Takezawa is a prominent Japanese-born violinist. She has recorded for the RCA Victor Red Seal label.
Born in Ōbu, Aichi in 1966, 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 subsequently 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.
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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)
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Denton, David. Early Learning. The Strad. 115. 1366. 165. February 2004.
- 2.Jameson, M. Violin Recital - Kyoko Takezawa. Gramophone. February 1993.
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