Kyoko Takezawa, born on October 30, 1996 in Ōbu, Aichi, Japan, is a violinist who began her musical training as part of the Suzuki Method program. She later toured the United States and Europe and enrolled in the Juilliard School in 1985 under the tutelage of Dorothy DeLay. She notably won first prize at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 1986. In 1993, she released Violin Concerto ∙ Introduction and Allegro in 1993. Subsequent releases include ブラームス&メンデルスゾーン:ヴァイオリン協奏曲 (1998), ロマンツァ (2003), and 「風神・雷神」～新実徳英:協奏曲集 (2004). Takezawa played on a Stradivarius violin loaned by the Nippon Music Foundation until it was sold at auction in 2006 for $3,544,000.
