b'Guest ArtistANNE AKIKO MEYERS is a musical wizard, with astonishing access to every kind of expressive color (San Diego Union-Tribune) and has inspired many of todays leading composers to create new violin repertoire for her. This season highlights include performances of Fandango by Arturo Mrquez with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Carnegie Hall, and in Mexico City at the 50th Anniversary of the Festival Internacional Cervantino. She will also perform Fandango with the Nashville, Princeton, San Diego, and Tucson Symphony Orchestras. In November, Anne will perform the world premiere of Michael Daughertys Blue Electra, about American icon Amelia Earhart, with Gianandrea Noseda and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.Anne has premiered new music with symphony orchestras the world over, and has worked closely with composers Arvo Prt, Einojuhani Rautavaara, John Corigliano, Arturo Mrquez, Michael Daugherty, Morten Lauridsen, Mason Bates, Adam Schoenberg, Jennifer Higdon, Wynton Marsalis, and others.In addition to appearances with leading orchestras and in recital, Anne is one of todays most prolific recording artists, having released Shining Night, her 40th album in May, and whose performances are staples of broadcasters globally. Upcoming recordings include works for violin and choir with Grant Gershon and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. She has appeared on The Tonight Show, CBS Sunday Morning, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Morning Edition, and Great Performances honoring John Williams.Anne was born in San Diego, and studied with Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School of Performing Arts before moving to Indiana University to work with Josef Gingold. At age 14, she moved to New York to study with Felix Galimir, Masao Kawasaki, and legendary teacher Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School. She has received the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Distinguished Alumna Award from the Colburn School of Music.Anne performs on the Ex-Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Ges, dated 1741, considered by many to be the finest sounding violin in existence, and endorses Larsen Strings.anneakikomeyers.com'