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Classical Californians: Anne Akiko Meyers

Ayaka Sano

Classical CaliforniansAANHPI PerformersViolin
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This week, our Classical Californian is violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, who shares some of her favorite pieces of music. The playlist includes two composers who have written concertos for her, some selections from the world of movie music, as well as works by a pair of composers best known for their writing for choral voices. The Southern California native has recently released a recording of Fandango by Arturo Márquez, with Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She’s worked with the who’s who of contemporary composers, and since making her first national TV appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson when she was 11, she’s been performing to admiring audiences around the world. The instrument that she plays, the “Ex-Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesù” dates from 1741, and belonged to the Belgian violinist Henri Vieuxtemps in the 1800s.

Classical Californian: Anne Akiko Meyers
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Mason Bates: Violin Concerto, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Anne Akiko Meyers

John Williams: Marion's Theme (From "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark"), Berlin Philharmonic, John Williams

Eric Whitacre: The Seal Lullaby, VOCES8

Morten Lauridsen: Dirait-On, Anne Akiko Meyers with pianist Fabio Bidini

Philip Glass: Truman Sleeps, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Arturo Márquez: Danzon No. 2

Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Judy Garland

Classical CaliforniansAANHPI PerformersViolin
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Published on 09.10.2025
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