Anne-Sophie Mutter

AnneSophie 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 Lutos?awski 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 BadenWürttemberg 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 Mutters father was a journalist who edited a newspaper in BadenWürttemberg her mother was the first woman in her family to graduate from college Although no one in her family played a musical instrument Mutters 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 Honigbergers death she continued her studies with Aida Stucki at the Winterthur Conservatory Mutters playing began to receive attention and she stopped attending school to devote herself fulltime 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 Mozarts 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 Mutters 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 Beethovens Violin Sonatas accompanied by Lambert Orkis these were broadcast on television in many countries Source Article AnneSophie Mutter from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30