David Bowlin, violin
Founding ICE violinist David Bowlin is active as a soloist and chamber musician, as a performer of music both new and old. As first-prize winner of the 2003 Washington International Competition for Strings, he presented a debut recital at The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. last year. Recent performances include recitals in New York, Illinois, Maine, Washington D.C., and Ohio, and concerto performances in New York and Washington, D.C. In addition to his ICE activities, he is a member of the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players, with whom he has toured extensively in the US and former Soviet Union. In 2007 he will present the world premiere of Mahagoni for violin and chamber orchestra at Weill Recital Hall, written for him by Bulgarian composer Alexandra Hermentin-Karastoyanova. As a chamber musician, David has performed in New York in most major venues, including Bargemusic, Alice Tully Hall, the Knitting Factory, Symphony Space, Miller Theater, the 92nd St. Y, Merkin Concert Hall, Weill Recital Hall, and Zankel Hall. As a participant in the Marlboro Music Festival, he will perform in a Musicians from Marlboro tour with Kim Kashkashian in 2008. Recordings for the Naxos, Albany, and Bridge labels. David was appointed to the faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music this spring, after having served as teaching assistant to Ronald Copes at Juilliard from 2002-2005. Principal teachers include Roland and Almita Vamos, Ronald Copes, Philip Setzer, Ani Kavafian, Pamela Frank, and Stephen and Kimberly Sims. He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory, the Juilliard School, and is a doctoral candidate at Stony Brook University.
