[Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a curable
silicone composition, a cured product from which exhibits high
hardness and
mechanical strength (including tensile strength and elongation percentage) near
room temperature, exceptional permanent elongation characteristics, and exceptional viscoelastic characteristics such as stress damping,
vibration absorption, and
impact absorption, the curable
silicone composition achieving these characteristics in a well-balanced manner; and the use of the curable
silicone composition. [Solution] A curable silicone composition containing, within specific ranges in terms of
mass%, (A1) an organopolysiloxane resin that has a curing-reactive functional group containing a carbon-carbon
double bond, (A2) an organopolysiloxane resin that does not have the curing-reactive functional group, and (B) a linear organopolysiloxane that is of a specific
chain length and has the curing-reactive functional group, the curable silicone composition also containing (C) a curing agent, where the total amount of components (A1) and (A2) is 55
mass% or less, and the
mass ratio of the total amount of components (A1) and (A2) to the amount of component (B) is 2.0 or less; a cured product of the curable silicone composition; and the use of the curable silicone composition in
semiconductor applications and the like.