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Recognized for his “rich, alluring tone” and praised as “brilliant” (the New York Times) and “enchanting” (San Diego Union Tribune), violinist David Bowlin performs an expansive repertoire as a soloist, chamber musician. First prize winner of the Washington International Competition, he has performed across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.  Among his dozens of world premieres are violin concerti written for him by Marcos Balter, Alexandra Hermentin, and Donald Crockett, with performances at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, and at the Aspen Music Festival, respectively.  In 2011 he made the premiere recording of Huang Ruo’s “Omnipresence” Concerto on the Oberlin Music label. 

 

Bowlin is a dedicated teacher as well, and currently teaches on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music, having previously taught on the faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. In the summer he teaches on the faculty of the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, and has also been a faculty artist at the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Banff, the ARIA Academy, and the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, among others.  He has given many masterclasses throughout the US and abroad, most recently at the Australian National Academy of Music, Seoul National University, Yonsei University, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, the Norwegian Academy, and the Kunstuniversität Graz.

 

Along with pianist Tony Cho, he is a member of the Bowlin-Cho Duo, whose 2024 Naxos recording of the violin sonatas of Albert Roussel was released to significant critical acclaim. He has been a member of the Oberlin Trio since 2008, and was a founding member of the highly-acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble. Chamber music collaborations include performances as a guest with the Juilliard Quartet, with pianists Mitsuko Uchida, Richard Goode, Robert McDonald, Jonathan Biss, and Jeremy Denk, and with members of the Emerson and Brentano quartets.    He has made several tours with Musicians from Marlboro and has been a guest artist with many organizations, including the Boston Chamber Music Society, ChamberFest Cleveland, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Ojai, SongFest, the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival, and the Four Seasons festival.  He has performed as guest concertmaster with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the San Antonio Philharmonic, the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, and the Marlboro Festival Orchestra.

 

Honors include the Samuel Baron Prize from Stonybrook University, and the Samuel Sanders Prize from the Classical Recording Foundation, New York City. He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, The Juilliard School, and Stony Brook University, where he studied with Pamela Frank, Ronald Copes, Philip Setzer, Ani Kavafian, and Roland and Almita Vamos.

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