Antonio Meneses (cello)
Born in Recife, Brazil, into a family of musicians, Antonio Meneses (1957–2024) began his cello studies at the age of ten. At the age of 16 he met the famous Italian cellist Antonio Janigro and was asked to join Janigro’s classes in Düsseldorf and later in Stuttgart. In 1977 Antonio …
Malcolm J. Merriweather (baritone, conductor)
Conductor and baritone Malcolm J. Merriweather is the ninth Music Director of The Dessoff Choirs. He is also an Assistant Professor, Director of Choral Studies and Voice Department Coordinator at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York; Artist in Residence at Union Theological Seminary; and Artistic Director of …
Anne Akiko Meyers (violin)
Anne Akiko Meyers is one of the world’s most esteemed violinists and has been described as “a musical wizard, with astonishing access to every kind of expressive color” (San Diego Union-Tribune). After the sensational world premiere of Fandango by Arturo Márquez with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at …
Valentine Michaud (saxophone)
“Then Valentine Michaud’s hour came – and we got down to business” – Peter Hagmann (Lucerne Festival 2022) “the young French saxophonist, determined to expand the horizons of her instrument, worked hard to get the most out of a work written with great skill … Widely applauded, both for her …
Rossen Milanov (conductor)
“One of the most promising figures in the upcoming generation of conductors” (The Seattle Times, February 2009), Rossen Milanov is currently Music Director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. A well-known figure in North America, he has appeared with the National Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, …
