One of the world’s premiere concert violinists, Anne Akiko Meyers is recognized as a trailblazing musician whose playing “flows from the heart” (The New York Times). Since making her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 11, Meyers has made regular appearances with the world's major orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Tokyo’s NHK Symphony and many others. Her diverse discography totals more than twenty recordings. This recording, Seasons…Dreams is her second release for E1 Music; her first release on the label, Smile, was met with widespread critical praise and Billboard-charting popular acclaim. Her television credits include an A&E telecast from the Casals Festival with the Montreal Symphony, a PBS broadcast with the Boston Pops Orchestra and John Williams and appearances on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson and the "Emmy Awards.” Meyers was featured in a performance with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Holland that attracted an audience of 10,000 and performed in front of 750,000 people in Sydney, Australia's Harbor, celebrating their 250th Bicentennial. She has performed for dignitaries including the Emperor and Empress of Japan and has been featured in numerous print and television commercials, including Anne Klein’s “Women of Substance” fashion campaign photographed by Annie Leibovitz. Anne Akiko Meyers began her studies at the age of four. She studied with Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School of Performing Arts, Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and Felix Galimir, Masao Kawasaki and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School. At age 23, Meyers received the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, the only artist ever to be the sole recipient of this annual prize. Recently named Professor of Violin at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin, Meyers was the first violinist to be a Regent’s Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles. Meyers plays the 1730 “Royal Spanish” Stradivarius, formerly owned by the King of Spain.

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A Los Angeles native, pianist Reiko Uchida was first prize winner of the Joanna Hodges Piano Competition and has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music, and the Santa Fe Symphony, among others. Reiko made her New York solo debut last year at Carnegie's Weill Hall under the auspices of the Abby Whiteside Foundation. She has performed solo and chamber music concerts throughout the world, including the United States, Japan, France, Italy, and Germany. As a chamber musician, she was one of the first pianists selected for Chamber Music Society Two, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s program for outstanding emerging artists. In addition to her recital partnership with Anne Akiko Meyers, she works regularly with David Shifrin and Jaime Laredo. Uchida is currently a member of the Laurel Trio and a member of the Moebius Ensemble, a group specializing in 20th century music and in residence at Columbia University. Reiko began studying the piano at the age of four and made her orchestral debut with the Los Angeles Repertoire Orchestra at the age of nine. As a youngster, she performed on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. She holds degrees from Curtis Institute of Music and from the Mannes College of Music. She currently resides in New York City where she teaches at Columbia University.