ANNE AKIKO MEYERS
First Asian co-anchor of a national weekday broadcast in the United States.
YEAR INDUCTED
2024
CATEGORY
Entertainment
HOMETOWN
San Diego, California
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 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 written for her in 2021. 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 Vancouver Symphony. At Carnegie Hall she will present the world premiere of Eric Whitacre’s Murmur, with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. In October 2024 Anne will be inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame, honoring leading members of the Asian community across a wide array of disciplines.
Highlights include performances of Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No.1 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and the Prague Philharmonia; Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; the world premiere of Billy Childs’s In The Arms of the Beloved, with the Los Angeles Master Chorale; an appearance on NPR’s popular Tiny Desk series; artistic directorship at the Laguna Beach Music Festival, where she gave several world premieres, including New Chaconne, which Philip Glass composed for her.
Called “the Wonder Woman of commissioning” by The Strad, Anne has worked with some of the most important composers of the last half century, including Arvo Pärt, John Corigliano, Wynton Marsalis, Mason Bates and John Williams performing world premieres with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Nashville, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Helsinki, Leipzig, and London, among others.
She has received the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Distinguished Alumna Award, and an Honorary Doctorate from The Colburn School. She serves on the Board of Trustees of The Juilliard School and was recently honored by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Anne performs with the Ex-Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesù, dated 1741, considered the finest-sounding violin.
Please visit www.anneakikomeyers.com for more info.
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Anne Akiko Meyers
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