Biography
Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist. She was supported early in her career by Herbert von Karajan. As an advocate of contemporary music, she has had several works composed especially for her, by Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutosławski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, André Previn, Wolfgang Rihm, John Williams and others. Since her orchestral debut with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1977, Mutter has performed as a prominent soloist with numerous leading orchestras worldwide.
Mutter was born in the German town of Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg which lies some 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Basel on the northern bank of the High Rhine river, across which lies the Swiss town of the same name. Her parents were Karl Wilhelm Mutter and Gerlinde Mutter and she was raised with two older brothers. While Mutter's father was a journalist, who edited a newspaper in Baden-Württemberg, her mother was the first woman in her family to graduate from college. Although no one in her family played a musical instrument, Mutter's family was passionate about classical music.
Mutter began playing the piano at the age of five, and shortly afterwards took up the violin. At the age of six, Mutter won the National Music Prize, and in 1972, she gave her first concert with the Winterthurer Stadtorchester. Inspired by a recording of violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Wilhelm Furtwängler, she began studying with Erna Honigberger, a pupil of Carl Flesch. After Honigberger's death she continued her studies with Aida Stucki at the Winterthur Conservatory.
Mutter's playing began to receive attention and she stopped attending school to devote herself full-time to music. Conductor Herbert von Karajan arranged for her to play with the Berlin Philharmonic. Only 13 years old at the time, she made her public debut on stage in 1976 at the Lucerne Festival, where she played Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major. In 1977, she performed at the Salzburg Festival and with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Critics praised the level of maturity in Mutter's performance, with one reviewer of Die Welt writing, "She played it ravishingly, and above all, she did not play it at all like a child prodigy. Her technique is fully mature.” At 15, Mutter made her first recording of the Mozart Third and Fifth violin concerti with Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic.
In 1980, Mutter made her American debut with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. In 1985, at the age of 22, she was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (London) and head of its faculty of international violin studies and in 1986 an honorary member. In 1988, she made a grand tour of Canada and the United States, playing for the first time at Carnegie Hall. In 1998 she played and recorded for CD and DVD the complete set of Beethoven's Violin Sonatas, accompanied by Lambert Orkis; these were broadcast on television in many countries. ...
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Filmography
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self 45
Movies 28
TV Shows 21
Stradivari - Mythos und Markt - Die dunklen Seiten des Klangwunders (2023)
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace (2023)
Anne-Sophie Mutter spielt John Williams (2022)
Galakonzert mit Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams und Beethoven aus Pittsburgh (2022)
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes (2022)
Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele (2020)
John Williams: Live in Vienna (2020)
Maischberger (2019)
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro (2019)
Sternstunden der Musik (2018)
Eine(r) von hier (2016)
Ringlstetter (2016)
New Year's Eve Concert 2015 - Berlin Philharmonic (2016)
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2015 (2015)
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Live From Yellow Lounge (The Club Album) (2015)
Sous le charme d'Anne-Sophie Mutter (2015)
Karajan's Magic and Myth (2014)
Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof Penderecki (2014)
Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life (2012)
Meisterwerke der Klassik (2012)
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Brahms · The Violin Sonatas (2010)
André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds (2009)
Deutschland, deine Künstler (2008)
Markus Lanz (2008)
Karajan: Beauty As I See It (2008)
Sophia: Biography of a Violin Concerto (2008)
Herbert Von Karajan Memorial Concert (2008)
Anne-Sophie Mutter: The Mozart Violin Concertos (2007)
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Mozart Piano Trios K. 502, 542, 548 (2007)
Anne-Sophie Mutter: The Mozart Violin Sonatas (2007)
NZZ Standpunkte (2007)
Gero von Boehm begegnet... (2002)
Anne-Sophie Mutter: A Life With Beethoven (1999)
Volle Kanne (1999)
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic (1999)
Beckmann (1999)
Beethoven - Complete Violin Sonatas (1998)
Alpha Forum (1998)
Leute heute (1997)
Im Dialog (1997)
ECHO-Verleihung (1992)
Charlie Rose (1991)
DAS! (1991)
Karajan: Beethoven: Violin Concerto (1984)
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 (1984)
Wortwechsel (1982)
III nach neun (1974)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
Bambi Awards (1948)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1963-06-29 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceRheinfelden, Germany
RelationshipsAndré Previn (2002-01-01 - 2006-01-01)
FatherKarl-Wilhelm Mutter
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsErich Fromm Prize, Polar Music Prize, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Echo Klassik Award - Instrumentalist of the Year, Crystal Award, Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of Arts and Letters, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Maecenas-Ehrung, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Berliner Bär, Bavarian Order of Merit, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Brahms-Preis, Herbert von Karajan Music Prize, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Praemium Imperiale
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