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FocusAnne Akiko Meyers on playing the ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
The US violinist, who has been loaned in perpetuity what is currently the world’s most expensive instrument, discusses its tone quality and projection
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VideoPortrait of Anne Akiko Meyers aged 12 in 1983
‘When Anne was born we used to play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto when we fed her so that she would naturally love music,’ says Anne Akiko Meyers’s mother in this profile of the violinist from 1983. Includes footage of the pedagogue Alice Schoenfeld who died in May this year. Read: ...
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NewsInaugural Stradfest takes place with diverse programme of events
Among the offerings was a Silent Quartet Roulette, performances from the Dover Quartet and Anne Akiko Meyers, the opportunity to try some of the world’s finest instruments, and a wide array of talks and workshops
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FocusSentimental Work: Anne Akiko Meyers on traditional Japanese songs
A brace of traditional songs from Japan bring back fond memories and inspire a wealth of interpretations for the American violinist
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VideoAnne Akiko Meyers plays the Star-Spangled Banner
In this video from WQXR, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers – a recent Strad cover star – performs her own arrangement of the US national anthem on the ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
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FocusFrom the archive: the 1697 'Molitor' Stradivarius
This article by Philip Kass was first published in the December 2010 issue, soon after the instrument had been sold to Anne Akiko Meyers for a then-record $3.6m
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NewsThe Strad June 2018 issue is out now
Examining the world’s most expensive violin, the ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘Del Gesù’, plus Anne Akiko Meyers discusses playing it
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FocusThe ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘Del Gesù’
Currently the world’s most expensive violin, the 1741 ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ is in a remarkable state of preservation, considering it has been in use for most of its life. In this extract from the first of a two-part article, Terry Borman introduces the instrument’s most celebrated owner
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ReviewAnne Akiko Meyers: Fantasia
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: Opulent performances of violin works spanning a hundred yearsMusicians: Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra/Kristjan Järvi Works: RAUTAVAARA Fantasia; SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto no.1 op.35; RAVEL Tzigane Catalogue Number: AVIE AV 2385 As little as a decade ago, the First Violin ...
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ArticleViolinist Anne Akiko Meyers performs with broken foot
Anne Akiko Meyers suffered a fall on Friday while walking with her children, just a few hours before she was due to give her second of three performances of Mason Bates’s Violin Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington.The violinist, who believed at ...
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ArticleAnne Akiko Meyers talks about her violins
You're installing your personality into this piece of wood, which is still very much alive'Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers talks about her Stradivarius and Guarneri del Gesù instruments as part of a CBS news report on violin making.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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ArticleAnne Akiko Meyers on playing the Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Vieuxtemps' violin, c.1741
'The sound projection, warmth, richness, range of colour and responsiveness are extraordinary. There is not one crack in it. It's as if it just left the maker's bench' Anne Akiko Meyers talks about playing the Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Vieuxtemps' violin, c.1741, which has been loaned to her ...
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ArticleAnne Akiko Meyers and Vadim Gluzman perform Bach's Double Concerto
Violinists Anne Akiko Meyers and Vadim Gluzman play on the 'Vieuxtemps' Guarneri del Gesu, dated 1741 and the 'Auer' Stradivarius, dated 1690. Their performance of the Bach Double Concerto took place at the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in Chicago on 4 June 2014. Subscribe to The ...
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ReviewVivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto in F major for three violins RV551. Pärt: Passacaglia
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A no-nonsense account of Vivaldi’s famous foursomeMusicians: Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) English Chamber Orchestra/David LockingtonComposer: Vivaldi, Pärt Anne Akiko Meyers’s ample vibrato fashions a warm and elegant tone that is the antithesis of those violinists who purport to be recreating an authentic ...
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Article1741 'Vieuxtemps' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin is sold to anonymous buyer
Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers has been granted exclusive lifetime use of the 1741 'Vieuxtemps' Guarneri 'del Gesù' following its recent purchase by an anonymous buyer. The violin was sold by London dealers J.&.A. Beare for an undisclosed sum, although Beares confirmed that the price exceeded the ...
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Call for 'Molitor' Stradivari violin to revisit Derry
An author from Northern Ireland wants a Stradivari found under a bed in Derry in 1988 to play a part in the city's UK City of Culture celebrations in 2013, reports the Derry Journal. Nuala McAllister Hart explored the story of the 1697 'Molitor' Stradivari while doing research for ...
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ReviewBach: Violin Concertos in A minor BWV1041 & E major BWV1042, Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV1043, Air from Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major BWV1068, Largo from Keyboard Concerto in F minor BWV
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Successful Bach performances that eschew period fashionMusicians: Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) English Chamber Orchestra/Steven MercurioComposer: Bach, Bach/Gounod Anne Akiko Meyers’s robust, incisive and uncomplicated performances of Bach’s two violin concertos go back to a style of playing that pre-dates today’s fashion for ...
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ArticleSeasons... Dreams... Works by Beethoven, Debussy, Duke, Fauré, Gershwin, Gruber, Kosma, Pritske & Wagner
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) Reiko Uchida (piano) Emmanuel Ceysson (harp) Composer: Beethoven, Debussy, Duke, Fauré, Gershwin, Gruber, Kosma, Pritske & Wagner After beginning with a bang 22 years ago, Anne Akiko Meyers’s recording career seems to have retreated into the mood-music market. ...
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ArticleViolinist Anne Akiko Meyers acquires 1697 'Molitor' Stradivari in auction
The 'Molitor' Stradivari violin of 1697 (pictured) has been sold online by Tarisio for $3.6m, a world record price for a musical instrument sold at auction. It was bought by American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, who currently performs on the 'Royal Spanish' Stradivari of 1730. The ...