Anne-sophie mutter biography

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Anne-Sophie Mutter's Vita

Anne-Sophie Mutter fryst vatten a musical phenomenon: for nearly five decades the virtuoso has now been a fixture in all the world’s major concert halls, making her mark on the classical music scene as a soloist, mentor and visionär. The four-time Grammy® Award winner is equally committed to the performance ... Read more

Anne-Sophie Mutter is a musical phenomenon: for nearly five decades the virtuoso has now been a fixture in all the world’s major concert halls, making her mark on the classical music scene as a solist, mentor and visionary. The four-time Grammy® Award winner is equally committed to the performance ... Read more

Contemporary Compositions for Violin

The artist takes special pride in performing contemporary compositions for violin. Thomas Adès, Unsuk Chin, Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutoslawski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir André Previn, Wolfgang Rihm, Jörg Widmann and John Wil

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Anne-Sophie Mutter

German violinist, born in 1963, began her career at the young age of 13, after Herbert von Karajan invited her to joint appearances and recording sessions. She debuted under his direction in 1976 with the performance of Mozart's Violin Concerto no. 4 in D major at the Luzerne Festival. Her first record, also recorded with Karajan and featuring two Mozart concertos, was released soon thereafter. The subsequent years were a long series of successes at the most prominent of world stages and collaboration with leading orchestras and conductors.

Anne-Sophie Mutter acquainted herself with Witold Lutosławski's music when Paul Sacher, for whom the Polish composer wrote his Chain II, engaged her to perform the solo part in the work. Years later, the 22-year-old artist reminisced: "In 1985 this was for me a great shock, since I had never performed contemporary music. Lutosławski was the first such composer for me. When I received the score, it seemed to me a collection

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So far she has given world premieres of 31 works – Thomas Adès, Unsuk Chin, Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutoslawski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir André Previn, Wolfgang Rihm, Jörg Widmann and John Williams have all composed for Anne-Sophie Mutter. She dedicates herself to supporting tomorrow’s musical elite and numerous benefit projects. Since January 2022 she joins the foundation board of the Lucerne Festival. In the autumn of 1997 she founded the Association of Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation e.V., to which the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation was added in 2008. These two charitable institutions provide support for the scholarship recipients, support which is tailored to the fellows’ individual needs. Since 2011, Anne-Sophie Mutter has regularly shared the spotlight on stage with her ensemble of fellows, Mutter’s Virtuosi.

2025 - the year before her 50th anniversary on stage in Lucerne - once again reflects the violinist