He began his violin studies at the age of six with his father, Masao Kawasaki, and continued with Setsu Goto.
At the age of ten he was accepted into the Juilliard School Pre-College Division where he won the school-wide concerto competition.
He then continued his education and graduated from The Juilliard School in 1998 under the tutorship of Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, Felix Galimir and Joel Smirnoff.
[1] An active chamber musician, Kawasaki is a founding member of the D'Amici String Quartet along with world-renowned musicians Federico Agostini, James Creitz and Sadao Harada giving critically acclaimed performances and master classes in Europe and Japan.
The duo is best known for their interpretation of Beethoven's Complete Piano and Violin Sonatas and has performed this program in the United States and Canada.