An Evening With Edgar Meyer

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PLEASE NOTE: There is another listing on SF Station that lists this event as occurring in August 2010. That listing is incorrect. The dates of the New Century Chamber Orchestra's concerts with Edgar Meyer are September 20th through 26th.


To see a video introduction to the concert by Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, visit http://www.youtube.com/nccosf.


Hailed by the New Yorker as “...the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled history of his instrument,” guest artist and MacArthur Genius Edgar Meyer’s unparalleled technique and musicianship in combination with his gift for composition have brought him to the fore, where he is appreciated by a vast, varied audience.

As a solo classical bassist, Mr. Meyer has released albums with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Bell, Chris Thile, and Yo-Yo Ma, as well as several solo CDs. As a composer, Mr. Meyer has premiered works with Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Emanuel Ax, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Bell, Edo de Waart and the Minnesota Orchestra, the Emerson String Quartet, the Boston Symphony under Seiji Ozawa, and violinist Hilary Hahn with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra led by Hugh Wolff. Mr. Meyer began studying bass at the age of five under the instruction of his father and continued further to study with Stuart Sankey. In 1994 he received the Avery Fisher Career Grant and in 2000 became the only bassist to receive the Avery Fisher Prize.

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