SPECIAL GUESTS
Julie Albers • cello
Cellist Julie Albers is recognized for her superlative artistry, intense musicianship, and her charismatic performing style. She made her major orchestral debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in 1998, and since has performed in recital and with orchestras in the U.S., Europe, Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand. In addition to solo performances, Miss Albers regularly participates in chamber music festivals around the world. In 2006 she began a three-year residency with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two. She is currently active with the Albers String Trio and the cello quartet, CELLO. She is also on the faculty of Kean University.
Anne Akiko Meyers • violin
One of the world’s top soloists, recitalists and chamber musicians, Anne Akiko Meyers has been a regular guest at some of the most prestigious orchestras and venues including Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood, BBC Scottish Symphony, Boston Symphony, London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic, and Tokyo’s NHK Symphony. At 23, she was awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the only artist to be the sole recipient of this annual award. Ms. Meyers studied with Alice and Eleanore Schoenfeld at the Colburn School of Performing Arts, Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and Felix Galimir, Masao Kawasaki and the late Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School.