Beares Newsletter-2013 LQ.pdf

A NewWorld recordAnne Akiko MeyersViolin by Guarneri del Gesù,1741, ‘Vieuxtemps Stoutzker’This violin was sold last year in collaboration withReed Yeboah Fine Violins and Alberghini FineViolins. It sold for a figure significantly in excess of$16,000,000, breaking the previous record set by anAntonio Stradivari violin.It is an exceptionally fine example of Guarneri delGesù’s work from 1741; a period which exhibited hismost experimental and glorious work. The violin isknown as the ‘Vieuxtemps Stoutzker’ after renownedviolinist Henri Vieuxtemps and Ian Stoutzker, aprivate owner who previously loaned it to YehudiMenuhin. Ian Stoutzker was also founder of LiveMusic Now. Last year the violin was acquired by amusic patron for the limited and exclusive use ofprominent American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers.Back of violin byGuarneri del Gesù, 1741, ‘Vieuxtemps Stoutzker’Anne Akiko Meyers is one of the most sought afterconcert violinists in the world. She regularly performsas guest soloist with many of the world’s mostprestigious orchestras, in recital, and on televisionand radio. She is a top-selling recording artist who hasmore than 24 highly acclaimed albums to her credit.Recently, Meyers co-commissioned and premiered theMason Bates violin concerto with Leonard Slatkin andthe Pittsburgh Symphony. Additional performancesinclude the Chicago, Detroit, Nashville and RichmondSymphony Orchestras. In 2013, it was announcedthat Anne was selected to receive lifetime use of the‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri del Gesù, reportedly the mostexpensive violin ever sold, and considered to be one ofthe top violins ever created.Meyers’ newest recording, ‘Air-The Bach Album’,debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Classical chart and was abestseller at iTunes and Amazon.com. The recordingfeatures Bach’s solo violin concerti as well as thedouble concerto with Meyers playing both solo partson the 1697 ex-‘Napoleon/Molitor’ and the 1730‘Royal Spanish’ Stradivari violins with the EnglishChamber Orchestra.Ms. Meyers has collaborated with top jazz artists suchas Chris Botti and Wynton Marsalis, performed theNational Anthem in front of 42,000 fans at SafecoField in Seattle, and appeared twice on The TonightShow. She was named the #3 story of the year for herappearance on ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’.Anne was born in San Diego, California and grewup in Southern California. She studied with Aliceand Eleonore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School ofPerforming Arts, Josef Gingold at Indiana University,and Felix Galimir, Masao Kawasaki and DorothyDeLay at the Juilliard School. At age 23, she wasawarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant,the only artist to be the sole recipient of this annualprize.“Making a decision on a world recordpriced instrument takes information,time, and patience. The team of J &A Beare Ltd, Paolo Alberghini, and,Julie Reed-Yeboah were oustandingcollaborators in the recent record settingtransaction which allows me to performon the Vieuxtemps del Gesù.”Please visit: www.anneakikomeyers.comfor more information.Copyright © 2013 Anne Akiko MeyersScroll of violin byGuarneri del Gesù, 1741, ‘Vieuxtemps Stoutzker’Photograph © Lisa-Marie Mazzucco8 9