Daishin Kashimoto's parents introduced him to various instruments early on, with the three-year-old opting for the violin and receiving his first lessons in Tokyo. After moving to the United States, Daishin Kashimoto was accepted, at the tender age of seven, as the youngest student to ever attend Julliard School's pre-college program; at age eleven, he transferred to the Lübeck University of Music under Zakhar Bron, before becoming a student of Rainer Kussmaul at the Freiburg University of Music from 1999 to 2004. He also had great success in major competitions as a teenager, taking first prize at the Menuhin Junior International Competition in 1993, the Cologne Violin Competition in 1994, and in 1996 at the Vienna Fritz Kreisler and the Long-Thibaud Competitions. Daishin Kashimoto has been the artistic director of the Le Pont Music Festival in Ako and Himeji (Japan) since 2007. He plays on an Andrea Guarneri violin from 1674.  

W. A. Mozart：Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304

E. Grieg：Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45

L. V. Beethoven：Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, Kreutzer

Violin｜Daishin Kashimoto

Piano｜Alessio Bax