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樫本大進 Daishin Kashimoto

無論擔任國際知名管弦樂團的協奏曲獨奏家，或活躍於國際樂壇的室內樂演奏家，樫本大進皆是世界各大音樂廳經常邀演的重要音樂家。擔任柏林愛樂管弦樂團首席長達十五餘年所累積的豐富經驗，使他在獨奏領域同樣游刃有餘，演奏曲目橫跨古典經典至當代新作，展現卓越且多元的藝術風貌。

2025/26樂季，樫本大進與拉哈夫．沙尼（Lahav Shani）指揮的柏林愛樂演出蕭士塔高維契《第一號小提琴協奏曲》；並與唐納．魯尼克斯（Donald Runnicles）指揮的德勒斯登愛樂演出布魯赫《第一號小提琴協奏曲》，並隨團赴日本巡演。此外，他亦將與巴塞隆納暨加泰隆尼亞國家交響樂團（Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya）及伊斯坦堡國家交響樂團等合作，分別由Thomas Søndergård及Andreas Ottensamer指揮演出。

身為駐團藝術家，他持續與Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester保持密切合作。同時，他將隨柏林愛樂八重奏（Philharmonisches Oktett Berlin）赴日本巡演，並與長期合作的三重奏夥伴鋼琴家Éric Le Sage及大提琴家Claudio Bohórquez展開挪威、德國及瑞士巡演。

近年來，樫本大進曾與達拉斯交響樂團、伯明罕市立交響樂團、德意志室內愛樂不來梅、科隆居策尼希管弦樂團及漢諾威北德廣播愛樂等知名樂團合作演出。另一項重要里程碑則是與帕沃．賈維（Paavo Järvi）指揮柏林愛樂世界首演細川俊夫《Prayer》小提琴協奏曲，其後並與琉森交響樂團、讀賣日本交響樂團及斯洛維尼亞愛樂管弦樂團等合作演出此作。

樫本大進曾與Mariss Jansons、小澤征爾、Lorin Maazel、Yehudi Menuhin、鄭明勳、Fabio Luisi、Thomas Søndergård、山田和樹、Daniel Harding及Philippe Jordan等國際知名指揮合作，並曾與NHK交響樂團、波士頓交響樂團、法國國家管弦樂團、巴伐利亞廣播交響樂團、法蘭克福廣播交響樂團、西德廣播交響樂團（WDR）、瑞士羅曼德管弦樂團及聖彼得堡愛樂管弦樂團等樂團同臺演出。

他亦多次以獨奏家身分與柏林愛樂合作，包括於葛拉芬內格音樂節（Grafenegg Festival）及琉森音樂節（Lucerne Festival）演出莫札特《交響協奏曲》；在賽門．拉圖爵士（Sir Simon Rattle）指揮下演出普羅高菲夫《第一號小提琴協奏曲》；以及於柏林森林劇場（Waldbühne）演出柴可夫斯基《憂鬱小夜曲》與《詼諧圓舞曲》。

身為室內樂演奏家，樫本大進曾與Martha Argerich、王羽佳、Leif Ove Andsnes、Alessio Bax、Emmanuel Pahud、Itamar Golan、Tabea Zimmermann、Yefim Bronfman、Claudio Bohórquez及Konstantin Lifschitz等世界級音樂家合作演出。

2024年，Sony Classical發行由樫本大進、鋼琴家Éric Le Sage及Schumann Quartet共同錄製的專輯《Concert de Chausson–Quintette de Vierne》，獲得樂評一致好評。他的重要錄音作品亦包括貝多芬、佛瑞、尼諾．羅塔等室內樂作品，以及與鄭明勳指揮德勒斯登國家管弦樂團（Staatskapelle Dresden）錄製的布拉姆斯《小提琴協奏曲》。

樫本大進自幼受到父母啟蒙，接觸多種樂器，三歲時選擇小提琴，並於東京開始接受正式訓練。移居美國後，七歲即成為茱莉亞音樂學院預備部創校以來最年輕的學生；十一歲赴德國，進入呂貝克音樂院師事Zakhar Bron，1999年至2004年間則於佛萊堡音樂院隨Rainer Kussmaul深造。

少年時期，他即屢獲國際大賽肯定，包括1993年曼紐因國際青少年小提琴大賽首獎、1994年科隆國際小提琴大賽首獎，以及1996年維也納弗里茲．克萊斯勒國際小提琴大賽與隆－蒂博國際大賽雙料首獎。

Both as the soloist of an international orchestra and as a sought-after chamber musician, Daishin Kashimoto is a regular guest of major concert halls around the globe. The tremendous wealth of experience gained in over 15 years as first concert master of the Berliner Philharmoniker benefits him in his equally adept role as a soloist covering a wide repertoire from classical to new music.

In the 2025/26 season, Daishin Kashimoto perform Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Lahav Shani and Bruch's Violin Concerto with the Dresdner Philharmonie under Donald Runnicles, a work he will also perform with the orchestra on tour in Japan. Further engagements include appearances with the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya under Thomas Søndergård, and with the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andreas Ottensamer, among others. As Artist in Residence, he continues his close collaboration with the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester. He will also travel to Japan with the Philharmonisches Oktett Berlin, and, together with his trio partners Éric Le Sage and Claudio Bohórquez, undertake concert tours to Norway, Germany, and Switzerland.

Recently, Daishin Kashimoto has appeared with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, and the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hanover. A further highlight was the world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa's new violin concerto Prayer with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Paavo Järvi, followed by performances with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra in Ljubljana.

Having collaborated with conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Yehudi Menuhin, Myung-Whun Chung, Fabio Luisi, Thomas Søndergård, Kazuki Yamada, Daniel Harding and Philippe Jordan, Daishin Kashimoto has already made guest appearances with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, the Radio Symphony Orchestras of Bavaria, Frankfurt and WDR Cologne, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also appeared repeatedly as a soloist with the Berliner Philharmoniker, performing Mozart's Sinfonia concertante at the Grafenegg Festival and the Lucerne Festival, Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, and Tchaikovsky's Sérénade mélancolique and Valse Scherzo at the Berlin Waldbühne. 

As a chamber musician Daishin Kashimoto has appeared alongside Martha Argerich, Yuja Wang, Leif Ove Andsnes, Alessio Bax, Emmanuel Pahud, Itamar Golan, Tabea Zimmermann, Yefim Bronfman, Claudio Bohórquez and Konstantin Lifschitz, among others. In 2024, Sony Classical released the critically acclaimed CD Concert de Chausson – Quintette de Vierne with Éric Le Sage (piano) and the Schumann Quartet. Further highlights of his discography include works by Beethoven, Fauré and Nino Rota, as well as Brahms' Violin Concerto with the Staatskapelle Dresden under Myung Whun Chung.  

His 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 a del Gesu 1744 "de Beriot" kindly loaned by Crystco, Inc. and its chairman Mr. Hikaru Shimura.