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Edgar Meyer | |
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| Born | (1960-11-24)November 24, 1960 (age 65) |
| Origin | Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States |
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| Instrument | Double bass |
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| Website | edgarmeyer |
Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is an Americanbassist and composer. His styles include classical,bluegrass,newgrass, andjazz. He has won sevenGrammy Awards and been nominated ten times.[1]
Meyer is a member of theTelluride Bluegrass Festival's "house band"super group, along withSam Bush,Béla Fleck,Jerry Douglas,Stuart Duncan, andBryan Sutton. His collaborators have spanned a wide range of musical styles and talents; among them areJoshua Bell,Hilary Hahn,Yo-Yo Ma,Tessa Lark,[2] Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck,Zakir Hussain, Sam Bush,Stuart Duncan,Chris Thile,Mike Marshall,Mark O'Connor,Christian McBride, andEmanuel Ax.
Meyer grew up inOak Ridge, Tennessee, where he attendedOak Ridge High School. He learned to play the double bass from his father, Edgar Meyer Sr., who directed the string orchestra program for the local public school system. Meyer later went on toIndiana University School of Music to study withStuart Sankey.[3] He graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor of Music (BM).[4]
As a composer, Meyer's music has been premiered and recorded byEmanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, theBoston Symphony Orchestra, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Hilary Hahn, and theEmerson String Quartet, among others. TheNashville Symphony and theAspen Music Festival and School commissioned his first purely orchestral work which was premiered by the Nashville Symphony in March 2017.[5] Additionally,Bravo! Vail andThe Academy of St. Martin in the Fields commissioned an Overture for Violin and Orchestra that was premiered by Joshua Bell and ASMF in June 2017.[6]
In 2011, Meyer collaborated onThe Goat Rodeo Sessions with Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, and Chris Thile. The album won two 2013 Grammy Awards. Meyer was honored with his fifthGrammy Award[7] in 2015 for hisBass & Mandolin, recording with Thile. Meyer recorded a collection of Bach trios with Thile and Yo-Yo Ma, released in April 2017.[8] In June 2020, the same group of musicians who recordedThe Goat Rodeo Sessions released a second album entitledNot Our First Goat Rodeo.
Meyer is Artist in Residence atVanderbilt University'sBlair School of Music[9] and is on faculty at theCurtis Institute of Music.[10] At Curtis, Meyer taughtPunch Brothers bassist and composerPaul Kowert.[11]
Edgar Meyer is married to violinist Connie (Cornelia) Heard, and they have one son, George Meyer, who also plays the violin.
Solo work
WithYo-Yo Ma andMark O'Connor
With Christian McBride
WithBéla Fleck
WithChris Thile
Miscellaneous collaborations
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