Anne Akiko Meyers
Even though I started playing the violin when I was four, my early chamber music experiences helped build a strong foundation for my solo work, as all music is a rich language and dialogue that is shared on stage, no matter what the size of the ensemble.Collection: Strong
Music should be an integral part of one's life, but how one is able to access it or use it as a career vehicle will always remain in question.Collection: Careers
One has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it.Collection: Rich
I've always had my ear peeled for interesting music. As a student, I regularly spent time hunting for interesting repertoire, looking through music bins, buying stacks and stacks of CDs, and discovering rarely played pieces by composers.Collection: Hunting
When I was seven years old, I was leading a quartet and trio, and that really laid the groundwork for me as a musician.Collection: Years
I've always believed that the range or depth of emotion can be great, whether you're play a three-minute piece, or a half-hour work.Collection: Play
There are many ways to get involved with lives or communities and enrich the minds of others through music, but you really have to want to do this.Collection: Community
I remember performing in Russia when I was twenty, and I stayed at this hotel with 3000 rooms. There were sailors knocking on my room door, wanting to barter stuffed animals with Marlboros that I had been instructed to bring!Collection: Animal