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Daishin Kashimoto's residency with the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester continues on 25 and 26 October 2025 with two concerts at the Baroque Palace in Mannheim, featuring Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor.

Together with the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester under the baton of Paul Meyer, Daishin Kashimoto will perform Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, as part of the Schlosskonzerte concert series. The programme also includes Franz Xaver Richter's Symphony in G major and Fanny Hensel's String Quartet in E flat major (arranged for string orchestra).

Since October 2023, Daishin Kashimoto has been performing regularly as a soloist with the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester as part of a three-year residency and is involved in shaping the KKO's programmes.

Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester

On 3 August 2025, Daishin Kashimoto performed The Four Seasons as a soloist with the Kammerakademie Potsdam at the Choriner Musiksommer.

NEUE CDS

Daishin Kashimoto's CD with Chausson's Concerto for Piano, Violin and String Quartet, recorded together with Éric Le Sage and the Schumann Quartet, was released by Sony Classical in October 2024 and was promptly voted Album of the Week by BR Klassik radio.

In the first half of June 2025, Daishin Kashimoto was touring Japan and Taiwan with pianist Alessio Bax, performing sonatas by Mozart, Grieg and Beethoven in eight concerts.

Toshio Hosokawa's violin concerto Prayer, performed by Daishin Kashimoto as the Slovenian premiere, was the focus of the concert with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Tito Ceccherini on 12 February 2025 in Ljubljana.

On 9 and 10 December 2024, Daishin Kashimoto has performed Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Paavo Järvi in Tokyo, before also appearing in recital with pianist Rafał Blechacz at Suntory Hall on 19 December.

Daishin Kashimoto starts his three-year residency as soloist with the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester at the end of October 2023 with two concerts in Mannheim Castle.

Daishin Kashimoto starts the season with Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 5 in Bratislava and near Berlin. (07/09/2023)

Daishin Kashimoto performed Toshio Hosokawa's violin concerto Prayer with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra under Sebastian Weigle as the Japanese premiere at Suntory Hall in Tokyo (27/7/2023).

Toshio Hosokawa's new violin concerto for Daishin Kashimoto

At the beginning of March, the world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa's violin concerto Prayer was performed by Daishin Kashimoto and the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Paavo Järvi.
(26/02/2023)

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Congratulations to Daishin Kashimoto: his CD with chamber music by Nino Rota received a Diapason d'or award of the year!
(04/12/2021)

Daishin Kashimoto traveled to Japan with the Gürzenich Orchestra in early July, where he performed Saint-Saëns' 3rd Violin Concerto in two concerts.
(20/06/2022)

Daishin Kashimoto performed Bruch's 1st Violin Concerto with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Fabio Luisi on February 17, 18, and 19.
(04/02/2022)