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Ian Swensen
violin; chair, string department; string and piano chamber music
Ian Swensen is one of the few musicians to have been awarded the Walter W. Naumberg International Competition's top prize for both chamber music and violin. Swensen grew up in New York, studying at The Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay and at the Eastman School of Music with Donald Weilerstein. As a teenager, he formed the Meliora String Quartet and toured with them for many years. Passionate about chamber music, Ian has performed in many festivals, including Music@Menlo, Spoleto, Santa Fe, and Marlboro. He has performed with members of the Juilliard, Cleveland, Emerson, Takács, Concord and Tokyo String Quartets; the Beaux Arts Trio and the Peabody Trio; Gilbert Kalish, Mark O'Connor, Yo-Yo Ma and Martha Strongin Katz. Recent performances include recitals with Menahem Pressler and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, soloist in the Barber Violin Concerto with the Rogue Valley Orchestra, and performances in New York, Canada, Switzerland, Los Angeles, Australia and Korea. He has recorded for TelArc and Deutsche Grammophon. Ian lives in the Bay Area with his wife, Judy, and their three children, Julia, Talya and Cole.
Ian Swensen can be contacted at 415.503.6308 or swensenian@gmail.com.
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