The Oberlin Trio
There can be an ethereal quality in music when both listeners and performers rejoice. When present, performances will be both spontaneous and organic. In 1982 two winners of the coveted Naumburg Award sat down with the cellist of the New Hungarian Quartet for an evening of chamber music. What they discovered that night was an extraordinary chemistry. THE OBERLIN TRIO was born that night - three virtuosi with more than a thousand performances around the world among them.
Since that time, THE OBERLIN TRIO has been touring internationally, enthralling audiences with traditional repertoire, more unusual works by contemporary composers, and lesser known works like the trios of Franck Bridge and Camille Saint-Saëns.
Visit their web site at www.oberlintrio.com.
THE NEW YORK TIMES - ". . . an extraordinary combination of passion and precision . . ."
Violinist DAVID BOWLIN has achieved artistic distinction through his performances throughout North America and his recent tours of Poland and Mexico. In 2003, Mr. Bowlin was the first prize winner of the Washington International Competition for Strings. He has performed concertos with orchestras in New York and Washington, D.C. At Weill Recital Hall, April 2007, he presented the world premiere of Mahagoni, a concerto for violin and chamber orchestra. The concerto was written expressly for him by Bulgarian composer Alexandra Hermentin-Karastoyanova. DAVID BOWLIN is a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble and formerly performed with the Da Capo Chamber Players.
Cellist AMIR ELDAN has been associate principal cello of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra under conductor James Levine. He has given recitals of Bach's six suites at Bargemusic, Columbia University, ENCORE School for Strings Blue Ribbon Series, Windham Chamber Music Festival, La Sierra University, Indiana University, and abroad at the Tel-Aviv Art Museum and the Jerusalem University, Israel. He has collaborated in chamber music with members of the Guarneri and Juilliard string quartets, Richard Goode, Kim Kashkashian, Joseph Silverstein, Midori, and Lynn Harrell. Mr. Eldan has toured the United States and Israel as a soloist with pianist Ofra Ytzhaki. AMIR ELDAN is a winner of concerto competitions at Juilliard, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Cleveland Institute of Music.
HAEWONG SONG represented South Korea in the 1988 Cervantino Festival. She has appeared in South Korea at the Sejong Cultural Center, the National Theater of Art, South Korea, and on KBS television. Ms. Song has given recitals in Nice, Tokyo, Seoul, Baltimore, and New York City. She has performed as concerto soloist with the Baltimore Symphony and the Seoul Symphony.
