A conservatory faculty recital performed by the Oberlin Trio featuring Haewon Song, piano; David Bowlin '00, violin; and Amir Eldan, cello.

Program:

Keyboard Trio No. 19 in G Minor, Hob.XV:19          Franz Joseph Haydn

      Andante: Presto                                                                        

      Adagio ma non troppo

      Presto

Farewell Trio (2006)                                                                Oded Zehavi                                                                                                

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Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87                             Johannes Brahms

      Allegro                                                                                   

      Andante con moto

      Scherzo. Presto

      Finale, Allegro giocoso

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Pianist Haewon Song is a member of the acclaimed Oberlin Trio along with Oberlin faculty David Bowlin, violin, and Amir Eldan, cello. An internationally recognized artist and pedagogue, Song has performed and taught at top venues throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Her frequent appearances include concerto performances with the KBS Orchestra in Seoul, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and Oberlin Conservatory ensembles including the Chamber Orchestra, College Community Strings, and Wind Ensemble.  

Song has appeared at numerous international festivals, among them Mexico’s Cervantino Festival, the All-American Music Festival in Stuttgart, Grand Teton Music Festival, Aria Festival, Canada’s Institute of Musical Arts, Festival de Nice in France, the Oberlin Summer Piano Festival, and the Tonghai Music Festival in Taiwan.

A native of South Korea, Song attended the Toho School in Tokyo, Peabody Preparatory School, and the Juilliard School, where her major teachers were Julian Martin, Martin Canin, and Shuku Iwasaki. She has taught at Tunghai University in Taiwan and Kyung Won University in Seoul, and has been a member of the Oberlin piano department since 1991. Throughout her tenure at Oberlin, her students have won major prizes in both national and international competitions, including MTNA Nationals, Wideman, Kingsville, Oberlin International Piano, Walgreen, World, and Corpus Christie, and they regularly appear with significant orchestras across the United States and Asia. 

Song is a frequent performer in duo piano recitals with her husband and fellow Oberlin faculty member Robert Shannon; their recording of George Crumb’s Celestial Mechanics (Bridge Records) has been hailed as “a wonderfully buoyant rhythmic performance” (Classicstoday.com). In 2005, Song toured Korea as a member of the Oberlin Piano Quartet, which included celebrated performances in Daejun and at the Kumho Concert Hall in Seoul.

Violinist David Bowlin’s performances of a wide-ranging repertoire and versatility in genres both old and new have brought him to stages 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 Austrian composer Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin. Bowlin is a founding member of the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), current member of the Oberlin Trio, and a former member of the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players quintet. He also serves as assistant professor of violin at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

     Recent concerts include 2012 Mostly Mozart performances with ICE in New York City, tours with Musicians from Marlboro, performances with the Oberlin Trio in South Korea, and guest concertmaster appearances with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. His recordings of solo and chamber music number more than a dozen composers for the Bridge, Naxos, New Focus, Arsis, and Mode labels. Recordings slated for future release are concerti by Huang Ruo and Luciano Berio, and a solo and duo album of music by Roger Sessions. His live broadcast performances have been heard via WFMT Chicago, Vermont Public Radio, WCLV Cleveland, as well as on NPR’s Performance Today with Richard Goode and Radovan Vlatkovic.
     Bowlin’s awards include first prize at the 2003 Washington International Competition, a 2010 NPR Top 5 American Classical Albums award for his last CD with the Da Capo Chamber Players, and the Samuel Baron Prize from Stony Brook University. He graduated from Oberlin Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and Stony Brook University where his major teachers included Roland and Almita Vamos, Ronald Copes, Pamela Frank, Philip Setzer, Ani Kavafian, and Stephen and Kimberly Sims.

Amir Eldan performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and as guest principal cellist. In 2011-12, he served as principal cellist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra by invitation from Zubin Mehta; a year later, he served as guest principal cellist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He was the youngest member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York when he won the position of associate principal cellist at the age of 22 and was invited by James Levine to perform with the MET Chamber Ensemble in Carnegie Hall.
     Eldan has performed at the music festivals of Aspen, La Jolla, Ravinia, Giverny (France), Prussia Cove (England), and in West Cork (Ireland). He also participated in the Marlboro Music Festival and toured with Musicians from Marlboro. Eldan has collaborated with members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, and Cleveland string quartets, Richard Goode, Kim Kashkashian, Joseph Silverstein, Midori, and Lynn Harrell. His performances have been featured on PBS and public radio, in concerts throughout the U.S., Europe, and Israel, and he has presented master classes in the U.S., Israel, and China.
     Eldan holds a doctor of music degree and master’s degree from the Juilliard School, where he also served as a guest teacher. He received his bachelor cum laude from the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 2006, he was appointed to the faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and became the cellist of the Oberlin Trio.