Anne Akiko Meyers commissioned the mariachi-inspired violin concerto from Mexican composer Arturo Márquez. The performance is part of ¡Celebración Latina!
Cathalena E. Burch Anne Akiko Meyers was blown away in 2017 when she first heard Mexican composer Arturo Márquez’s “Danzón No. 2.”
That was in 2018. It took three years before Meyers premiered Márquez’s “Fandango” with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the storied Hollywood Bowl last August. The fast-paced and technically tricky “Folia Tropical” opening movement of “Fandago” eats up 20 of its 35 minutes before settling into the “forbidden, delicious sensual dance” of the “Plegaria” based on the chaconne that Spain had outlawed during the Spanish Inquisition, Meyers said.“You just pray to the gods that you’re going to end up alive and make it to the finish line together with the orchestra,” she said with a laugh.
Meyers, the mother of two young girls, said commissioning new works is like birthing and raising a child.
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