Koh Gabriel Kameda was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, the son of a German woman, Margarita and a Japanese father.

After hearing him play, Yehudi Menuhin stated enthusiastically that he “was extremely impressed”[2] with Kameda's performance and Sir James Galway proclaimed that “he is one of the most remarkable players of his generation”.

At the age of twelve, Kameda enrolled in the University of Music in Karlsruhe, Germany, and was mentored by professor Josef Rissin.

An outstanding moment in Kameda's early career was the collaboration with the late Witold Lutoslawski in 1993, in a series of concerts, a year before the death of the Polish composer.

He worked together with author Michael Ende and fashion designer Hanae Mori, starring in the lead role and recording the soundtrack.

You have perfected this difficult piece and played it beautifully.” German journalist and author Harald Eggebrecht also reviewed Kameda's performance of the Gruenberg concerto in his book "Große Geiger.

[5] A review in the German Scala magazine stated: Kameda “sounds like Heifetz”, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung exclaiming that he is “miraculous”.

In Japan, the music journal Ongaku no Tomo wrote that he has an “amazing sound”; in the United States, the Salt Lake City Deseret News “mesmerizing performance”.