Daishin Kashimoto
(violinist)
First prize winner of such renowned competitions as the 6th Menuhin International Junior Violin Competition in England in 1993, the International Competition for Violinists in Cologne in 1994 (Daishin was the youngest participant), and, in 1996, the Inteenational Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition in Vienna and the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Competition for Piano and Violin in Paris.
Daishin has performed with many internationally renowned orchestras, including the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Mariss Jansons, the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, the Moscow Soloists and the English Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, Myung-Whun Chung, Lord Yehudi Menuhin and Yuri Bashmet among many others.
He has signed an international contract with Sony Classical NY and his debut CD, already been released in Japan, is now being released internationally.
In March 1998. Daishin received the Education Minister's Incentive Award for Young Artists from the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Daishin uses Stradivarius 1722 violin "Jupiter" on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
