Daishin Kashimoto
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Daishin Kashimoto 樫本 大進 | |
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 Kashimoto in 2019, performing with the BPO at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 27 March 1979 |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Violinist |
| Instrument | Violin |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Label | Sony Classical Records |
Daishin Kashimoto (樫本 大進; Kashimoto Daishin; born 27 March 1979) is a Japanese classical violinist. Since 2009, he has been the first concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Kashimoto is fluent in speaking and writing in Japanese, English and German. He married Ria Ideta, also a musician, in 2008.
Kashimoto was born on 27 March 1979 in London, United Kingdom. At age three, he began studying violin in Tokyo, at the inspiration of his mother, a former piano teacher. He moved to New York and was accepted at the age of seven by the pre-college division of Juilliard School as its youngest student and received the Edward John Noble Foundation Scholarship.
At age 11, Kashimoto then moved to Lübeck, Germany, to study with the rigid perfectionist, Professor Zakhar Bron who helped hone his skills at the Musikhochschule Lübeck (Lübeck Academy of Music).
Desiring more musical freedom at age 20, Kashimoto moved to Freiburg to continue his studies with Professor Rainer Kussmaul, former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, from which he graduated in 2005.[1]
In 2009 at age 30, Kashimoto was offered the position as concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, training for six months (rather than two years) and obtaining 2/3rds of the orchestra members vote before getting officially hired.[2]
