Kyoko Takezawa has performed as soloist with such ensembles as the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, and the symphony orchestras of San Francisco, Cleveland, Baltimore, Saint Louis, Houston, Toronto, Dallas, Montreal, Detroit and Cincinnati. She has also been heard with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, London Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, NHK Symphony and the New Japan Philharmonic. In past seasons Ms. Takezawa performed with the Vancouver, St. Louis, North Carolina, Tucson and Jacksonville, Charlotte, Toronto and Seattle Symphonies. She also performed with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Japan Philharmonic, Singapore, Nagoya and Osaka Symphony in Asia, Denmark's Aarhus Symphony, France's Orchestre National de Lille, and Manchester's Halle Orchestra. An accomplished chamber music performer, Ms. Takezawa has participated in the Grand Teton Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and La Jolla Music Festivals; she is also the co-director of the Suntory Festival Soloists of Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Her recordings can be heard on BMG's RCA Victor Red Seal label. Ms.Takezawa, who performs on the Antonio StradivariusÓCamposeliceÓ (1710) provided by the Nippon Music Foundation, lives in New York with her husband and daughter. ... read full bio