Bowlin-Li-Myer Trio, Trio

Biography

Violinist David Bowlin’s solo and chamber music performances of a wide-ranging repertoire have taken him across North America, Europe, and Asia. Among these are dozens of premieres, including the world premiere at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall of Mahagoni, a concerto written for him by Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin. Bowlin is a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), current member of the Oberlin Trio, and a former member of the Da Capo Chamber Players, with whom he won a 2010 NPR Top 5 American Classical Albums award.  Currently he teaches in the violin faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and formerly taught at the Juilliard School as assistant to Ronald Copes.  Recordings include music by over a dozen composers for the Bridge and Naxos labels, among others, and his awards include first prize at the 2003 Washington International Competition.  Recent concerts include tours with Musicians from Marlboro and guest concertmaster appearances with the Toronto Symphony.  His teachers include Roland and Almita Vamos, Ronald Copes, Pamela Frank, Ani Kavafian, Philip Setzer, and Stephen and Kimberly Sims. 

Si-Yan Darren Li has appeared in recitals and chamber music performances at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Izumi Hall in Osaka, National Concert Hall in Taipei and the Basilica de San Lorenzo in Florence. He was a prizewinner in prestigious competitions, such as the Tchaikovsky International Competition and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Mr. Li has also appeared in many renowned festivals, including the Ravinia Festival, the Kronberg Academy Cello Festival, and the Verbier Festival. As an active chamber musician, he has collaborated with esteemed artists, such as Emanuel Ax, Alexander Toradze, Cho-Liang Lin, Miriam Fried, Paul Katz, Carter Brey and Lang Lang. Mr. Li received his B.M. from The Juilliard School, M.M. and Artist Diploma from the Peabody Institute. His principal teachers include Orlando Cole, Fred Sherry, Harvey Shapiro, Alan Stepansky and David Hardy. In 2009, Mr. Li joined the award-winning Euclid Quartet and joined the cello faculty at Indiana University in South Bend.

Gold Medalist of the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition, Spencer Myer, has been soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Cape Town and Johannesburg Philharmonics, and the Indianapolis, Phoenix and Santa Fe Symphony Orchestras.  His acclaimed 2012 debut in London’s Wigmore Hall led to an immediate re-engagement on Wigmore’s 2013-14 season. In 2004, he captured First Prize in the UNISA International Piano Competition in South Africa, and won the 2006 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship from the American Pianists Association.  He was a member of Astral Artists’ performance roster from 2003-2010.  He has collaborated with the Jupiter and Pacifica quartets, cellist Lynn Harrell and clarinetist David Shifrin.  He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and Stony Brook University.  His debut CD for harmonia mundi usa was released in the fall of 2007.  He will return to Chicago for two recitals in March:  as guest artist for the Music Teachers National Association convention at the Marriott Downtown on March 25th, and at PianoForte Chicago on March 27th. Spencer Myer is a Steinway Artist.