All Anne Akiko Meyers articles
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Video‘We must always play from the heart’: Anne Akiko Meyers’ Colburn keynote speech
The violinist gave the commencement address and a short performance at the Colburn Conservatory of Music graduation ceremony on 1 May 2023
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NewsViolinist Anne Akiko Meyers to receive honorary doctorate
Meyers will receive the award at the Colburn School Conservatory of Music Commencement ceremony on 1 May 2023
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NewsAnne Akiko Meyers joins Juilliard board of trustees
The violinist takes up a new role at her alma mater
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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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Blogs‘Your salad will be so tasty!’: When musicians and food collide
Paring away at old transcripts from former Strad interviewees, Rita Fernandes presents string players’ food and cooking analogies that faced the chop and didn’t make the final dish
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Focus‘Don’t expect perfection – seek improvement’: Anne Akiko Meyers answers your questions
Anne Akiko Meyers shares her expertise on violin techniques, learning methods and music education, as well as insights from the unpredictable world of performance
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VideoViolinist Anne Akiko Meyers performs with her daughter
The violinist performed ‘Ave Maria’ with her nine-year-old daughter on piano at a school assembly
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FocusBeethoven from a string player’s perspective
Top string players share their thoughts on Beethoven’s string repertoire. Spoiler: it’s not always smooth sailing
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #9: Anne Akiko Meyers on new commissions
The violinist speaks about working closely with composers on new works and cadenzas
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VideoAnne Akiko Meyers leads the Angels Ensemble of California aged 11 in 1981
In this clip from the Johnny Carson Show, broadcast on 26 November 1981, the then-11-year-old Anne Akiko Meyers leads the Angels Ensemble of California. Watch Portrait of Anne Akiko Meyers aged 12 in 1983 Read Sentimental Work: Anne Akiko Meyers on traditional Japanese songs
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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 ...