Comments on: Anne Akiko Meyers–2008 Regents Lecturer in the UCLA Department of Music http://www.music.ucla.edu/blog/2008/02/21/anne-akiko-meyers-2008-regents-lecturer-in-the-ucla-department-of-music/ Posts by UCLA students, faculty and staff from the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:53:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Leonard http://www.music.ucla.edu/blog/2008/02/21/anne-akiko-meyers-2008-regents-lecturer-in-the-ucla-department-of-music/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Leonard Fri, 16 May 2008 08:41:10 +0000 http://www.music.ucla.edu/blog/2008/02/21/anne-akiko-meyers-2008-regents-lecturer-in-the-ucla-department-of-music/#comment-129 A friend of my wife and I emailed us about Anne Akiko Meyers being at Schoenberg Hall in the evening. I'd not heard of her, but we thought a musical evening might be just the thing. Let me cut to the chase: I've been a musician for 60 years, and Meyers is the most incredible and exciting violinist I have ever heard. She is quantum leaps beyond the rest of the pack. Her music is played with luminous passion; her phrasing is clean and pure as is the way she shapes her musical lines; her technique is easily up to and beyond the most demanding passages. Her sound ranges from absolutely luscious (what an astounding Strad she plays!) to the kind of masculine grittiness I've heard only from Zino Francescatti. What great fortune to hear her live from near the front row as my first experience of her. At the end of the concert, I was on my feet cheering like a teenybopper at a rock concert. A friend of my wife and I emailed us about Anne Akiko Meyers being at Schoenberg Hall in the evening. I’d not heard of her, but we thought a musical evening might be just the thing.

Let me cut to the chase: I’ve been a musician for 60 years, and Meyers is the most incredible and exciting violinist I have ever heard. She is quantum leaps beyond the rest of the pack. Her music is played with luminous passion; her phrasing is clean and pure as is the way she shapes her musical lines; her technique is easily up to and beyond the most demanding passages. Her sound ranges from absolutely luscious (what an astounding Strad she plays!) to the kind of masculine grittiness I’ve heard only from Zino Francescatti.

What great fortune to hear her live from near the front row as my first experience of her. At the end of the concert, I was on my feet cheering like a teenybopper at a rock concert.

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