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

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 and was promptly voted Album of the Week by BR Klassik radio.

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