“Anne Akiko Meyers is the coolest thing to happen to the violin since Stradivari.”
— Denver Post

One of the world’s most celebrated violinists, and one of classical music’s most successful and original recording artists, Anne Akiko Meyers possesses a rare ability to connect instantly with audiences. Besides appearing with the world’s best orchestras, she has collaborated with writers, video artists, jazz musicians, pop stars and more.

She brings that originality to 92Y in a program that revels in the fantastical. Alongside exuberant music by Mozart and Ravel are evocative new works written especially for Ms. Meyers, including one of the late Einojuhani Rautavaara’s final works and Jakub Ciupinski’s The Wreck of the Umbria, for solo violin and taped electronic accompaniment with video.

Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Akira Eguchi, piano

Fantasia: An Evening of Fantasy

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 12, No. 1
ARVO PART: Fratres
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA: Fantasia (world premiere of arrangement for violin & piano, written for Ms. Meyers)
RAVEL: Tzigane  
MORTEN LAURIDSEN: O Magnum Mysterium (world premiere of arrangement for violin & piano, written for Ms. Meyers)
JAKUB CIUPINSKI: Wreck of the Umbria for electronics / video installation (written for Ms. Meyers)