Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers Nominated for Two Latin GRAMMY Awards

Both awards are for the world-premiere recording of Mexican composer Arturo Márquez’s violin concerto

In 2023, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and conductor Gustavo Dudamel released their album, "Fandango."  The album features the world premiere recording of Arturo  Márquez’s mariachi-inspired concerto Fandango for violin and orchestra, which Meyers commissioned.

The latter piece follows the traditional concerto structure of three contrasting movements, each based on popular airs — the third movement, titled “Fandanguito” (“Little Fandango”), gives the work its title and defines its spirit.

The album itself also features Alberto Ginastera's ballet "Estancia" in its rarely-heard complete version. The pieces were recorded live at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California.

"So honored to be nominated with the electrifying Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil for our live recording produced by Dmitriy Lipay for Platoon," Meyers writes on her Facebook.

To see the full list of nominations, click here. The 25th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® will air live from the Kaseya Center in Miami on Thursday, November 14, 2024. The three-hour telecast will be produced by TelevisaUnivision, and will air live on Univision, Galavisión and ViX beginning at 8 p.m. ET/PT preceded by a one-hour pre-show starting at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

A graduate of The Juilliard School, where she studied with Dorothy DeLay, Felix Galimir, and Masao Kawasaki, Meyers is a former recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

She received a GRAMMY Award nomination for her live recording with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic of Arturo Márquez’s Fandango, a concerto for violin and orchestra written for her in 2021, which has already been performed more than 25 times. The recording is the latest of more than 40 releases, which have become staples of classical music radio and streaming platforms.

Meyers routinely commissions new music, and has worked closely with some of the most important composers of the last half century, including Arvo Pärt (Estonian Lullaby), Einojuhani Rautavaara (Fantasia, his final complete work), John Corigliano (cadenzas for the Beethoven Violin Concerto; Lullaby for Natalie), Michael Daugherty (Blue Electra), Mason Bates and Adam Schoenberg (violin concertos), Jakub Ciupiński, Jennifer Higdon, Samuel Jones, Morten Lauridsen, Wynton Marsalis, Akira Miyoshi, Gene Pritsker, Somei Satoh, and Joseph Schwantner.