Double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer earned a MacArthur "Genius" Award for his work fusing classical and bluegrass forms and styles into his own uniquely American music. He joins The Knights for ...

Tickets: Wheeler Opera House and Harris Hall box offices; http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com More info: The program will include works by Haydn, Bach, Roossini, Edgar ...

Tessa Lark on violin, Joshua Roman on cello, and Edgar Meyer on bass will perform together at the 92nd Street Y on November 22, 2025. Known for their versatility, the trio brings together classical ...

Get ready to rumble. This album will work out your sound system. Virtuosos Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer play double bass duets on their first joint album, “But Who’s Gonna Play the Melody?” The ...

It’s not a stretch to say that Edgar Meyer is the most famous and influential classical bassist in the world. The 2002 MacArthur Fellow (the so-called “genius grant”) has forged an incredible and ...

American music masters Sam Bush, Mike Marshall and Edgar Meyer join with George Meyer for the kind of special collaboration usually heard only at a bluegrass festival. Bush and Marshall are mandolin ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma (@YoYo_Ma), mandolinist Chris Thile (@christhile) and bassist Edgar Meyer (@EdgarMeyerJr) enjoy playing together — in 2011, they teamed up with Stuart Duncan for "The Goat Rodeo ...

Although the double bass has an imposing physical presence, its sound often fades into the background. It can hold its own in bluegrass and sometimes jazz, but in classical, the double bass is most ...

, who also happens to be one of the finest bassists on the planet, supplied the score and solo for his Concerto No. 3 for Double Bass and Orchestra. With the ink barely dry on the 22-minute work, the ...

EDGAR MEYER Edgar Meyer was born June 17th, 1929 in Marysville California and was entered into rest on July 11th 2021. Born to Walter and Gertrude Meyer, Ed spent his early years attending Marysville ...

Edgar Meyer has recorded with Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, James Taylor, fiddler Mark O'Connor, banjo player Bela Fleck, among many others. Now he has recorded by himself, cutting a CD of 14 pieces he ...