Masterclass: Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
October 3
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Hamilton Hall
Audience: Alumni, Current Student, Faculty, Families, Neighbor or Friend, Prospective Student, Staff
Free admission to observe
No ticket required
Anne Akiko Meyers, is one of the world’s most esteemed violinists, a muse and champion of today’s most important composers, conductors, orchestras and presenters. She has commissioned, premiered, and recorded a remarkable collection of new violin repertoire which has been performed around the world with leading orchestras, in recital and become staples of classical music radio and streaming platforms.
Anne was recently nominated for two Latin GRAMMYS® including Best Classical Album and Best Classical Contemporary Composition and received a 2024 GRAMMY® Award nomination for her live recording with Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic of Arturo Márquez’s Fandango, a concerto for violin and orchestra written for her in 2021, which she has performed dozens of times.
In the 2024-25 season, Anne will continue to champion Fandango with the Cincinnati Symphony, Grant Park Music Festival, Sarasota Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in Mexico City and the Canadian premiere with the Vancouver Symphony. Other season highlights include the world premiere at Carnegie Hall of Murmur, composed for Anne by Eric Whitacre, with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. In October 2024, Anne will be inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame, which will be streamed on Roku, honoring leading members of the Asian community across a wide array of disciplines.
Highlights from Anne’s 2023-24 season included performances of the Philip Glass Violin Concerto No.1 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and the Prague Philharmonia; the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on its U.S. tour; the world premiere of Billy Childs’s requiem In The Arms of the Beloved, with the Los Angeles Master Chorale; an appearance on NPR’s popular Tiny Desk series; Artistic Director at the Laguna Beach Music Festival, where she gave several world premieres including New Chaconne, a new work Philip Glass composed for her.