Anne Akiko Meyers

Anne Akiko Meyers is an American violinist globally recognized as one of the most inspiring and sought after for her impassioned performances and mastery of a wide-ranging selection of music. Hailed by critics, media, conductors and audiences worldwide, she has continually sold out performances from classical standards to new music that has been written for her. Meyers has recorded and published an extensive collection of music which can be found on the Avie Records, Camerata, Hyperion Records, Naxos Records, RCA Red Seal Records, RPO labels and Warner Classics Japan. Her debut disc, recorded at the age of 18, included the Samuel Barber "Violin Concerto" and the Max Bruch "Violin Concerto No.1" with Christopher Seaman and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. RPO Records recorded the sonatas of Saint-Saëns and Fauré. Her RCA catalogue is comprehensive and includes Lalo’s "Symphonie Espagnole" and Bruch’s "Scottish Fantasy" with Jesus Lopez-Cobos and the Royal Philharmonic; the Franck and Strauss sonatas; the Felix Mendelssohn "Concerto in E minor" and a selection of other works with Andrew Litton and the Philharmonia Orchestra and Prokofiev Violin Concertos with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony under Dmitri Kitajenko. Sonata albums include "Salut d’Amour" featuring many encore pieces with classic Japanese folksongs and an album featuring works by Copland, Ives, Piston, and David Baker with pianist André-Michel Schub. She recently recorded works by Debussy, Messiaen, Ravel, Satoh and Takemitsu for Avie Records. Two works written expressly for Meyers include a live performance of the Somei Satoh Violin Concerto with Tetsuji Honna and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra on the Camerata label and 'Angelfire’ by Pulitzer-prize winning composer Joseph Schwantner with Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on Hyperion Records. Naxos Records also released a performance of Jennifer Higdon's piano trio, featuring Meyers, live from the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and she recorded the Bruch Concerto live with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanawaza with Maestro Iwaki on Warner Classics Japan. She records a new album entitled, "Smile" this summer for international release in January 2009 on Koch Records with pianist, Akira Eguchi.