Violinist Ian Swensen studied with Dorothy DeLay at Juilliard and Donald Weilerstein at the Eastman School of Music. A soloist, chamber musician, and teacher, he has taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Sacramento State University. He has appeared at Music@Menlo, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and international festivals. He also received a Naumburg chamber music award as first violinist of the Meliora String Quartet.