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. 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) References Kyoko Takezawa Official Website External links 1966 births Japanese classical violinists Living people People from Ōbu, Aichi Juilliard School alumni Musicians from Aichi Prefecture 21st-century classical violinists Women classical violinists