Anne's Air

Clare and Meyers in San Antonio

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is a world class violinist, who has not one but two amazing instruments! She has put them to good use on her latest album, Air.
Host John Clare recently spoke to Meyers about this new release (out today, February 14, 2012), her social media activity and motherhood. You can listen to their interview here. [mp3 file]

Listen to the album here at Anne's website. She tweets, and has a great Facebook page. It's on the top of the charts at Amazon, purchase it here and a portion goes to Texas Public Radio!

Anne @ Antonio Strad

A nice evening with Anne Akiko Meyers at Antonio Strad Violins...

Celebrating the new release of Seasons...Dreams...

Here is Director of Classical Programming Nathan Cone with Anne:

Thanks to everyone for coming out and our thanks to Antonio Strad for hosting, and to Crumpets Restaurant and Bakery for the snacks!

See you tonight

First, we'll be at Antonio Strad to meet Anne Akiko Meyers and have our cd signed by the Austin-based violinist:

Please join KPAC at 6pm for a meet & greet with Anne Akiko Meyers for her new cd, Seasons...Dreams.

Then it is off to the Tuesday Music Club and their presentation of the Perlman/Schmidt/Bailey Trio:

Tonight at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church, music by Beethoven and Brahms!

Seasons...dreams...

KPAC and Antonio Strad Violin invite you to meet and visit with violinist Anne Akiko Meyers at a special in-store CD signing. Join us on Tuesday, October 12, 6pm at Antonio Strad Violin.
Find out more about this Austin based violinist at her website, http://www.anneakikomeyers.com/
Anne's new CD is "Seasons... Dreams." It is released today!
It features 3 world premieres and music with harpist, Emmanuel Ceysson and pianist, Reiko Uchida. On the disc are Beethoven, Debussy, Gershwin, Schnittke, Wagner and Vernon Duke.

‘playing that flows from the heart’  ‘trailblazing violinist’   ‘charting her own course’ 
Anne Akiko Meyers is one of the world’s renowned violinists -a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and educator who is known as one of the most diverse artists collaborating with artists such as Chris Botti, Il Divo and Wynton Marsalis, premiering new works written for her and showcasing under-performed or rarely heard works.
Meyers was born in San Diego, California and grew up in the Los Angeles area before heading to New York. She studied with Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School of Performing Arts, Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and Felix Galimir, Masao Kawasaki and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School. At age 23, she was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, the only artist to be the sole recipient of this annual prize.
In the fall of 2009, she was named Professor of Violin at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2008, she was the first violinist to be a Regent’s Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles. Meyers has given masterclasses around the world, was a panelist at the Juilliard hosted Starling-DeLay Symposium and is an adjudicator for competitions.
Anne performs on the “Royal Spanish” Antonio Stradivarius violin, dated 1730, that once belonged to the King of Spain.

In store appearance
When: Tuesday, October 12, 6pm.
Where: Antonio Strad Violin
10288 San Pedro
San Antonio, TX 78216
210.349.9788, direct
800.284.9788, toll-free

Classical Spotlight: March 5

This week we feature several local concerts and a new release from Koch International Classics!

Tonight and Sunday don't miss the Symphony of the Hills in a program, "For the Young and Young at Heart". They'll play Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Smetana and Tubby the Tuba. Conductor Jay Dunahoo, pictured right, spoke with host John Clare about the concert. Find out more here.

Tuesday night, the Olmos Ensemble presents a concert of "Romance and Humor" with special guests, Anne Epperson, piano and Linda Poetschke, soprano. Founder and Artistic Director Mark Ackerman, pictured left, came by the TPR studios and talked to us about the program that includes Robert and Clara Schumann, Francaix and Alfred Bachelet.

Finally, Anne Akiko Meyers, pictured right, has a new cd out from Koch called Smile. It features pieces by Piazzolla, Messiaen, Schubert and traditional folk tunes. She spoke from Carnegie Hall about the new release.

Listen to Classical Spotlight every Thursday afternoon at 2pm on KPAC and KTXI, your classical oasis in San Antonio and the Hill Country.