Brian Lewis teaches violin at the University of Texas at Austin and serves as Artistic Director of the Starling-DeLay Symposium at Julliard. He grew up as a Suzuki student in Ottawa, Kansas, where he studied with his mother, Alice Joy Lewis and Eleanor Allen, and studied with Dr. Suzuki in Japan. He received his Degree in Violin Performance with Dorothy DeLay at Julliard. Mr. Lewis has been a featured violin soloist around the world. Acclaimed performances include concerto debuts in both New York’s Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall. Internationally, Mr. Lewis has been a featured recitalist in Australia, Canada, Asia, Latin America, South America and Europe.