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Andrew De Grado, Charles Hamlen &
Edgar Meyer
January 10, 1998, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Majestic
Theater
Classical Action Fifth Anniversary Celebration
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Prominently established as a unique
and masterful instrumentalist, Edgar Meyer delights his audiences both
as a vibrant performer and an innovative composer. Hailed by the New
Yorker as, “...the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled
history of his instrument,” Mr. Meyer’s unparalled 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 recently released an album
of Bach’s Unaccompanied Suites for Cello and just recorded a concerto
album with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra featuring Bottesini’s
Gran Duo with Joshua Bell; Meyer’s Double Concerto for Bass and
Cello with Yo-Yo Ma; Bottesini’s Bass Concerto No. 2 and Meyer’s
Concerto in D for Bass.
Fruitful collaborations are the cornerstone of Mr. Meyer’s work.
The most recent example was the organization of a quartet made up of
violinist Joshua Bell and legendary bluegrass musicians Sam Bush and
Mike Marshall. This group joined together for a collaboration featuring
a unique fusion of classical and bluegrass musical styles. Their first
performances were in June of 1998 at the Aspen Music Festival and at
Indiana University. They made their New York debut at the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center following an extensive North American tour.
The album, Short Trip Home, released in Fall 1999, was nominated for
a Grammy award in the category of Best Classical Crossover album and
the group was subsequently invited to perform live at the 42nd annual
Grammy Awards. Shortly before this collaboration, Mr. Meyer was involved
in an inventive trio project with Béla Fleck on banjo and Mike
Marshall on mandolin, performing original compositions marrying bluegrass,
classical and other traditional styles. In October 1997, the Fleck/Marshall/Meyer
trio opened the 1997-98 season of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center in conjunction with the release of their SONY disc, Uncommon
Ritual. Earlier in Mr. Meyer’s career, from 1986-1992, he was a
member of the progressive bluegrass band “Strength in Numbers,”
whose members included Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, and
Mark O’Connor. Mr. Meyer also works with pianist Amy Dorfman, his
longtime accompanist for solo recitals, featuring both classical repertoire
and his own compositions. To further explore his interests in af variety
of musical genres, Mr. Meyer’s vast musical interests have also
led him to be a widely sought after guest bass player for an assortment
of recording artists, such as Garth Brooks,
Bruce Cockburn, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Hank Williams, Jr., Emmylou Harris,
James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, T-Bone Burnett, Reba McIntyre, the Indigo
Girls, Travis Tritt and the Chieftains.
An exclusive SONY artist who is ever involved in imaginative projects,
Mr. Meyer and colleagues Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O’ Connor have been
widely acclaimed for the Sony release of Appalachia Waltz, which soared
to the top of the charts and remained there for 16 weeks. Appalachia
Waltz toured extensively in the U.S., and the trio was featured both
on the David Letterman Show and the televised 1997 Inaugural Gala. Joining
with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O’Connor for a second time, Appalachian
Journey, the follow-up to Appalachia Waltz, was released in March 2000.
This time, their tour took them not only to major venues across the
U.S. but also to Europe and parts of Asia. Appalachian Journey won the
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album that season. In October
1999, Mr. Meyer’s violin concerto written for violinist Hilary
Hahn was premiered and recorded by Ms. 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. He
is the winner of numerous competitions. In 1994 he became the only bassist
to receive the Avery Fisher Career Grant and in 2000 became the only
bassist to receive the Avery Fisher Prize. Mr. Meyer premiered his bass
concerto in 1993 with Edo de Waart and the Minnesota Orchestra, and
in 1995, he premiered his Quintet for Bass and String Quartet in collaboration
with the Emerson String Quartet, which was later recorded on the Deutsche
Grammophon label. Also, in 1995, he premiered his Double Concerto for
Bass and Cello, in collaboration with Carter Brey, cello and Jeffrey
Kahane conducting the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival Orchestra. Most
recently, Mr. Meyer made his Boston Symphony debut with Seiji Ozawa
conducting, featuring the premiere of one of his own works, the Meyer
Double Concerto for Bass and Cello with Yo-Yo Ma.
A frequent guest at music festivals, Mr. Meyer has appeared as performer
and composer at Aspen, Tanglewood, Caramoor, Chamber Music Northwest,
and Marlboro. At the Sante Fe Chamber Music Festival, he was a regular
guest from 1985-1993, and composed six works for the festival during
that time. In 1994, Mr. Meyer joined the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center and continues to perform regularly with this ensemble. Currently,
he is also Visiting Professor of Double Bass at the Royal Academy of
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