Anne-Sophie Mutter
“The exemplary Anne-Sophie Mutter has inaugurated an era of superb, masterly and expressive violin playing!” Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich), April 2008 Anne-Sophie Mutter was born in Rheinfelden in Baden. She embarked on her international ca-reer as a soloist in 1976 at the Lucerne Festival and a year later made her Salzburg debut at the Whitsun Concerts under Herbert von Karajan, followed by first appearances in the US (1980), Japan (1981) and Russia (1985). She made her first recording with Deutsche Grammophon at the age of 14 with Mozart Violin Concertos nos. 3 and 5 with Karajan and the Berliner Philhar-moniker; in the years that followed she recorded concertos by Beethoven (1985), Brahms (1982, 1983), Bruch (1981) and Mendelssohn (1980, 2008). The violinist has also committed herself to alleviating the medical and social problems of our times and gives regular benefit concerts to this end. She has been the recipient of numerous im-portant honours and distinctions, including the Order of the Republic of Germany (First Class), the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Baden-Württemberg Medal of Merit and the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. In 2002 she was awarded the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Sci-ence and Art and the Munich Cultural Prize of Honour. In 2003 the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and Art bestowed on her the “Pro Meritis Scientiae et Litterarum” distinction, in 2005 she was made an “Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French Minister of Culture and in 2006 she received the Victoire de la Musique in Strasbourg. In 2008 Mutter was awarded the international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize and donated half of the prize money to the “Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation” whose objective is to further increase worldwide support for promising young musicians. The same year she also received Leipzig’s Mendelssohn Prize for “her unique musicality and interpretational skill, and her untiring services to classical music”. Her recordings have been crowned with innumerable prizes. 1986 Appointed to the International Chair of Violin Studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. First performance of Lutosławski’s Chain 2, with the Zurich Collegium Musi-cum under its dedicatee Paul Sacher. 1987 Founds the Rudolf Eberle Trust, which supports young string players throughout Europe. This foundation’s activities are complemented ten years later by the establishment of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Circle of Friends Foundation. 1988 Introduces Norbert Moret’s En rêve, which is recorded and released in 1991. Releases this year: violin concertos by Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, and Lutosławski’s Chain 2, and Partita for violin, piano and orchestra. Extended recital tour of Canada and the US. 1990 The Anne-Sophie Mutter Festival in London and Stuttgart ranges from the Baroque to the contemporary, demonstrating her artistic versatility 1991 Recording and release of Bartók’s Violin Concerto no. 2. 1992 Appears at the Tanglewood and Ravinia festivals in the US. Plays the premiere of Wolf-gang Rihm’s Gesungene Zeit; release of the Rihm work, coupled with the Berg Concerto (Internationaler Schallplattenpreis Frankfurt 1993; Grammy, Edison, Classic CD Awards 1994; Golden Harmony Award 1995). 1993 Release of Carmen Fantasy, with Levine and the Wiener Philharmoniker. 1994 World premiere of Sebastian Currier’s Aftersong with Lambert Orkis in Kiel. 1995 World premiere of Penderecki’s Metamorphosen, with the MDR Orchestra of Leipzig under Mariss Jansons. Release of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto and other works by him, with Sir André Previn and the Dresden Staatskapelle (CD Compact Award, Barcelona, 1996; Edison Award 1997). 1996 Release of the Berlin Recital with pianist Lambert Orkis. 1998 Records and performs exclusively Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas all over the world with Orkis (Echo Award 1999; Grammy 2000). Other releases include the premiere recording of Penderecki’s Second Violin Concerto, dedicated to Mutter, with the composer con-ducting the London Symphony Orchestra (Grammy 1999). 1999 Release of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, with Mutter as soloist and conductor of the Trond-heim Soloists (Amadeus Music, Golden Harmony Awards 2000). 2000 Back to the Future project: a retrospective of 20th-century major violin repertoire with concerts in the US and Europe and on CD. Tour and recording of Recital 2000, works by Prokofiev, Crumb, Webern and Respighi with Orkis (CD Compact Award, Barcelona, 2000). Premiere of Penderecki’s Violin Sonata, commissioned by Mutter. 2001 Performances on two evenings of Mozart’s complete Violin Concertos, as artist-in-residence at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and as soloist and conductor of the Wiener Phil-harmoniker in Vienna and Germany. 2002 Recording sessions include works by Gershwin, Brahms, Fauré, Kreisler and Tango Song and Dance, composed for her by Previn. Tours Germany and Switzerland with Orkis and Lynn Harrell, performing Piano Trios by Beethoven, Brahms and Mendelssohn. Premieres Previn’s Violin Concerto “Anne-Sophie”, written for her, and records it with the com-poser conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Grammy 2005). At the Royal Festival Hall she plays the acclaimed world premiere of Dutilleux’s Sur le même accord, dedicated to Mutter, and records it with Kurt Masur conducting the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France (Echo Award 2005 “World-Premiere Recording of the Year”). Performs the Beethoven Concerto with Masur and the New York Philharmonic; the recording wins a CD Compact Award, Barcelona, 2002 and an Echo Award 2003. Plays and conducts the Mozart Concertos with the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Salzburg Festival. 2003 Tour of Germany with the Munich Philharmonic under Previn, and a European tour with Previn and Harrell. Concerts in Europe with the Oslo Philharmonic and Previn perform-ing Previn’s Concerto. The CD Tango Song and Dance furnishes the programme of a European recital tour with Orkis. Performs and records Tchaikovsky’s Concerto with Previn and the Wiener Philharmoniker, and performs Beethoven’s Concerto in Berlin with Previn and the Berliner Philharmoniker. Release: Bernstein’s Serenade with the London Symphony Orchestra and Previn’s Violin Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, both under the direction of Previn. 2004 Appearances with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, presenting contempo-rary works composed for or dedicated to her: Dutilleux (Sur le même accord, including its US premiere); Lutosławski (Partita, Interludium, Chain 2); Rihm (Gesungene Zeit); Previn (Violin Concerto “Anne-Sophie”) – as well as traditional concertos and chamber music. Release: concertos by Korngold and Tchaikovsky with Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Wiener Philharmoniker respectively (Echo Award 2005 “Instrumentalist of the Year”). 2005 The season 2005/06 features a comprehensive homage to Mozart: she performs the Con-certos and Sinfonia concertante (with Yuri Bashmet) as soloist and conductor of the Salzburg Camerata and the London Philharmonic Orchestra; with Orkis she performs the Violin Sonatas on a world tour; and with Previn and Müller-Schott she plays the Piano Trios in Europe. Further performances of concertos by Beethoven, Previn and Korngold with Previn and the Philharmonic Orchestras of London and Oslo, and Beethoven with Masur and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 2006 Appearances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Masur (Beethoven) in Great Britain, Ireland and the US; with the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Pierre Boulez (Rihm Gesungene Zeit) in Switzerland; and with the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under Previn (Beethoven) in Stuttgart. At the Lucerne Festival she celebrates the 30th anniversary of her concert debut with recitals of Mozart Violin Sonatas together with Orkis, which she also performs throughout Europe, the US and the Far East. At fur-ther Mozart Festival concerts, she directs the Tivoli Symphony, London Philharmonic and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestras. Releases include: Mozart Piano Trios with Previn and Müller-Schott (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2006), and a 4-CD set of Violin So-natas with Orkis. On DVD: Mozart’s Violin Concertos and the Violin Sonatas, each in a 2-disc set. 2007 Concerts with Previn conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra in Europe; with Masur and the Orchestre national de France in Paris and Madrid (Previn’s Concerto “Anne-Sophie”); and with Maazel and the New York Philharmonic (Berg) in New York. She tours Europe with the Trondheim Soloists led by her in a Bach Festival programme. Further performances of Mozart’s Violin Sonatas with Orkis in Germany and Switzerland. She premieres Previn’s Concerto for Violin and Double Bass with Roman Patkoló and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Previn, and Sofia Gubaidulina’s Violin Concerto In tempus praesens with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle at the Lucerne Festival. Re-leases this year: Simply Anne-Sophie – an album with a unique collection of her Deutsche Grammophon recordings, a 5-DVD set of Mozart’s Violin Concertos, Sonatas and Trios, and a single DVD with the Piano Trios. 2008 The year begins with a benefit concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Ozawa, with whom she goes on a tour “in memory of Herbert von Karajan’s 100th birthday” throughout Europe. In the double function of soloist and conductor she tours with the Camerata Salzburg in the US and with the Trondheim Soloists in the Far East (Bach’s Violin Concerto no. 2, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons) and with Orkis on a tour of the US and in Germany, Denmark, Zurich and Vienna (Brahms’s Violin Sonatas). Release of her album with Bach Concertos BWV 1041 & 1042 with the Trondheim Soloists coupled with the world-premiere recording of Gubaidulina’s Violin Concerto In tempus praesens, which was dedicated to Anne-Sophie Mutter, with the London Symphony Orchestra under Va-lery Gergiev. Receives Leipzig’s Mendelssohn Prize and the Ernst von Siemens Music Award. 2009 First performances of Gubaidulina’s In tempus praesens in Germany and Spain. Anne-Sophie Mutter tours Switzerland and Germany with the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under Previn; she performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic under Masur in New York, on a European tour with the Oslo Phil-harmonic under Saraste, with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under Frühbeck de Burgos in Canada, and with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under Tilson Tho-mas in San Francisco; in Carnegie Hall, world premiere of Previn’s Piano Trio with Harrell and Previn, and of Previn’s Concerto for Violin and Viola with Bashmet and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s under Previn. Release of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig under Masur coupled with chamber works by the same composer accompanied by Previn and Harrell. 11/2008
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ALBUM
Una raccolta completa degli album di Anne-Sophie Mutter, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Carmen-Fantasie
NEW HD
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Herbert von Karajan
Anne-Sophie Mutter / Herbert von Karajan: The Solo Concertos
LP SetAnne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Williams: Selected Film Themes
D2C / 10inchAnne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
Deluxe Blu-ray (Audio & Video)Mstislav Rostropovich, Emil Gilels, Anne-Sophie Mutter
Great Concertos: The Best of DG Originals
Christian Ferras, Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler
A Tribute to Fritz Kreisler
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Gidon Kremer, Shlomo Mintz, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Mad About Violin
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Die großen Violinkonzerte
Eloquence
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, John Williams
John Williams - Live in Vienna
Stand alone
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, John Williams
John Williams in Vienna
Live
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7
Digipack / Live
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim
Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7
Live
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Visual Album / Live at Philharmonie, Berlin / 2019
Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Across The Stars
Deluxe Edition
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
The Tokyo Gala Concert
International Version / LiveAnne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Anne-Sophie Mutter - The Early Years
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniil Trifonov, Hwayoon Lee
Schubert: Forellenquintett - Trout Quintet
Live At Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden / 2017
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 In G, K.216; Violin Concerto No.5 In A, K.219
96 kHz / 24 BitAnne-Sophie Mutter
Mutterissimo – The Art Of Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky / Korngold: Violin Concertos
44.1 kHz / 24 Bit
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Müller-Schott, André Previn
Mozart, W.A.: Piano Trios
96 kHz / 24 Bit / Live At Festspielhaus, Baden Baden, Germany / 2005
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
96 kHz / 24 Bit
Anne-Sophie Mutter, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mozart, W.A.: Violin Concertos No.1 - 5; Sinfonia Concertante
96 kHz / 24 BitAnne-Sophie Mutter, Mutter's Virtuosi, Mahan Esfahani
The Club Album
Live From Yellow Lounge, Berlin / 2015
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Trondheim Soloists
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
44 kHz / 24 Bit / Live At Tivoli Garden, Copenhagen / 1999Anne-Sophie Mutter
The Club Album
96 kHz / 24 Bit / Live From Yellow Lounge
Anne-Sophie Mutter, New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur
Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Romances
Live At Avery Fisher Hall, New York / 2002Anne-Sophie Mutter, Trondheim Soloists
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Tartini: Sonata For Violin And Continuo In G Minor, B. g5 - "Il trillo del diavolo"
Live At Tivoli Garden, Copenhagen / 1999
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine
Carmen-Fantasie
Renée Fleming, Pamela Helen Stephen, Anne-Sophie Mutter
A Celebration
6 CDs
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Phillip Moll, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Strawinsky: Violin Concerto / Lutoslawski: Partita; Chain 2
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2, Sz 112 / Moret: En rêve
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Manfred Honeck
Dvořák
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Tango Song and Dance
96 kHz / 24 Bit
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis
Brahms: The Violin Sonatas
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Mozart: The Violin Concertos; Sinfonia Concertante
Anne-Sophie Mutter
The Silver Album
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas "Spring" & "Kreutzer"
Live At Kurhaus, Wiesbaden / 1998
Jascha Heifetz, David Oistrakh, Christian Ferras
Liebesfreud Liebesleid - Homage to Fritz Kreisler
CD 2Anne-Sophie Mutter
ASM35 - The Complete Musician - Highlights
Anne-Sophie Mutter
ASM35 - The Complete Musician
Digital Edition
Anne-Sophie Mutter, André Previn, Lynn Harrell
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op.64; Piano Trio Op.49; Violin Sonata in F major (1838)
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Trondheim Soloists, Anne-Sophie Mutter
In tempus praesens - Bach, J.S.: Violin Concertos BWV1041 & BWV1042; Gubaidulina: Violin Concerto In tempus praesens
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Robert Scheiwein, Antonio Meneses
Brahms Edition: Concertos
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Antonio Meneses, Berliner Philharmoniker
Brahms Edition: Concertos
CD 3Agnes Baltsa, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Anne-Sophie Mutter
Karajan Master Recordings
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Simply Anne-Sophie
Simplified MetadataAnne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis
Mozart: Complete Violin Sonatas
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Müller-Schott, André Previn
Mozart: Piano Trios K. 548, 542 & 502
Limited EditionAnne-Sophie Mutter, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anne-Sophie Mutter
Mozart: The Violin Concertos
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Dutilleux / Bartók / Stravinsky: Violin Concertos
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
Previn: Violin Concerto / Bernstein: Serenade
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Krystian Zimerman, Phillip Moll
Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto; Partita; Chain 2
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Mendelssohn / Bruch: Violin Concertos
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Recital 2000
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Back to the Future
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis, London Symphony Orchestra
Penderecki: Metamorphosen
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bruno Giuranna, Mstislav Rostropovich
Beethoven:The String Trios
Complete Beethoven Edition Vol.10Anne-Sophie Mutter, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Witold Lutosławski
Lutoslawski: Partita; Chain 2 & 3; Novelette
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Romance
Christoph Eschenbach, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mark Zeltser
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1, Triple Concerto Op.56
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bruno Giuranna, Mstislav Rostropovich
Beethoven: The String Trios
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Antonio Meneses, Berliner Philharmoniker
Brahms: Double Concerto In A Minor, Op. 102; Tragic Overture, Op. 81
SINGOLI
I singoli più rappresentativi di Anne-Sophie Mutter, tra successi storici e nuove uscite.
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mutter's Virtuosi
Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 5: III. Rondeau
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mutter's Virtuosi
Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 5: II. Largo
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Elias David Moncado, Mohamed Hiber
Vivaldi: Concerto for 3 Violins in F Major, RV 551: III. Allegro
Instant Grat
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mutter's Virtuosi
Williams: Theme - From "Schindler's List" (Version for Solo Violin and String Orchestra)
Instant Grat
John Williams, Anne-Sophie Mutter
Helena's Theme (For Violin and Orchestra)
From "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"/ScoreAnne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Williams: Theme
From "The Long Goodbye"Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Williams: Marion's Theme
From "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark"
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Williams: Han Solo and the Princess
From "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" / Instant Grat
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2: II. Rounds
Instant GratAnne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, John Williams
Hedwig's Theme
From "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" / Live
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker, John Williams
Devil's Dance
From "The Witches of Eastwick" / Instant Grat
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim
Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: 2. Largo - attacca
Instant Grat / Live at Philharmonie, Berlin / 2019Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Across The Stars (Love Theme)
From "Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones"Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Luke And Leia
From "Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi" / PseudovideoAnne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Nice To Be Around
From "Cinderella Liberty" / PseudovideoAnne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
The Duel
From "The Adventures Of Tintin" / PseudovideoAnne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Night Journeys
From "Dracula" / PseudovideoAnne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Donnybrook Fair
Based On "Blowing Off Steam" From "Far And Away" / PseudovideoAnne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Theme
From "Schindler's List" / PseudovideoAnne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Sayuri's Theme
From "Memoirs Of A Geisha" / PseudovideoAnne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Rey's Theme
From "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" / Pseudovideo
Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Yoda's Theme
From "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" / Instant Grat
Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams
Hedwig's Theme
From "Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone" / Single VersionAnne-Sophie Mutter, Daniil Trifonov, Hwayoon Lee
Schubert: Piano Quintet In A Major, Op. 114, D 667 - "The Trout", 3. Scherzo (Presto)
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Bach: Double Concerto
Live From Yellow LoungeBIOGRAFIA
“The exemplary Anne-Sophie Mutter has inaugurated an era of superb, masterly and expressive violin playing!”
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich), April 2008
Anne-Sophie Mutter was born in Rheinfelden in Baden. She embarked on her international ca-reer as a soloist in 1976 at the Lucerne Festival and a year later made her Salzburg debut at the Whitsun Concerts under Herbert von Karajan, followed by first appearances in the US (1980), Japan (1981) and Russia (1985). She made her first recording with Deutsche Grammophon at the age of 14 with Mozart Violin Concertos nos. 3 and 5 with Karajan and the Berliner Philhar-moniker; in the years that followed she recorded concertos by Beethoven (1985), Brahms (1982, 1983), Bruch (1981) and Mendelssohn (1980, 2008).
The violinist has also committed herself to alleviating the medical and social problems of our times and gives regular benefit concerts to this end. She has been the recipient of numerous im-portant honours and distinctions, including the Order of the Republic of Germany (First Class), the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Baden-Württemberg Medal of Merit and the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. In 2002 she was awarded the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Sci-ence and Art and the Munich Cultural Prize of Honour. In 2003 the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and Art bestowed on her the “Pro Meritis Scientiae et Litterarum” distinction, in 2005 she was made an “Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French Minister of Culture and in 2006 she received the Victoire de la Musique in Strasbourg. In 2008 Mutter was awarded the international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize and donated half of the prize money to the “Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation” whose objective is to further increase worldwide support for promising young musicians. The same year she also received Leipzig’s Mendelssohn Prize for “her unique musicality and interpretational skill, and her untiring services to classical music”. Her recordings have been crowned with innumerable prizes.
1986
Appointed to the International Chair of Violin Studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. First performance of Lutosławski’s Chain 2, with the Zurich Collegium Musi-cum under its dedicatee Paul Sacher.
1987
Founds the Rudolf Eberle Trust, which supports young string players throughout Europe. This foundation’s activities are complemented ten years later by the establishment of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Circle of Friends Foundation.
1988
Introduces Norbert Moret’s En rêve, which is recorded and released in 1991. Releases this year: violin concertos by Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, and Lutosławski’s Chain 2, and Partita for violin, piano and orchestra. Extended recital tour of Canada and the US.
1990
The Anne-Sophie Mutter Festival in London and Stuttgart ranges from the Baroque to the contemporary, demonstrating her artistic versatility
1991
Recording and release of Bartók’s Violin Concerto no. 2.
1992
Appears at the Tanglewood and Ravinia festivals in the US. Plays the premiere of Wolf-gang Rihm’s Gesungene Zeit; release of the Rihm work, coupled with the Berg Concerto (Internationaler Schallplattenpreis Frankfurt 1993; Grammy, Edison, Classic CD Awards 1994; Golden Harmony Award 1995).
1993
Release of Carmen Fantasy, with Levine and the Wiener Philharmoniker.
1994
World premiere of Sebastian Currier’s Aftersong with Lambert Orkis in Kiel.
1995
World premiere of Penderecki’s Metamorphosen, with the MDR Orchestra of Leipzig under Mariss Jansons. Release of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto and other works by him, with Sir André Previn and the Dresden Staatskapelle (CD Compact Award, Barcelona, 1996; Edison Award 1997).
1996
Release of the Berlin Recital with pianist Lambert Orkis.
1998
Records and performs exclusively Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas all over the world with Orkis (Echo Award 1999; Grammy 2000). Other releases include the premiere recording of Penderecki’s Second Violin Concerto, dedicated to Mutter, with the composer con-ducting the London Symphony Orchestra (Grammy 1999).
1999
Release of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, with Mutter as soloist and conductor of the Trond-heim Soloists (Amadeus Music, Golden Harmony Awards 2000).
2000
Back to the Future project: a retrospective of 20th-century major violin repertoire with concerts in the US and Europe and on CD. Tour and recording of Recital 2000, works by Prokofiev, Crumb, Webern and Respighi with Orkis (CD Compact Award, Barcelona, 2000). Premiere of Penderecki’s Violin Sonata, commissioned by Mutter.
2001
Performances on two evenings of Mozart’s complete Violin Concertos, as artist-in-residence at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and as soloist and conductor of the Wiener Phil-harmoniker in Vienna and Germany.
2002
Recording sessions include works by Gershwin, Brahms, Fauré, Kreisler and Tango Song and Dance, composed for her by Previn. Tours Germany and Switzerland with Orkis and Lynn Harrell, performing Piano Trios by Beethoven, Brahms and Mendelssohn. Premieres Previn’s Violin Concerto “Anne-Sophie”, written for her, and records it with the com-poser conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Grammy 2005). At the Royal Festival Hall she plays the acclaimed world premiere of Dutilleux’s Sur le même accord, dedicated to Mutter, and records it with Kurt Masur conducting the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France (Echo Award 2005 “World-Premiere Recording of the Year”). Performs the Beethoven Concerto with Masur and the New York Philharmonic; the recording wins a CD Compact Award, Barcelona, 2002 and an Echo Award 2003. Plays and conducts the Mozart Concertos with the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Salzburg Festival.
2003
Tour of Germany with the Munich Philharmonic under Previn, and a European tour with Previn and Harrell. Concerts in Europe with the Oslo Philharmonic and Previn perform-ing Previn’s Concerto. The CD Tango Song and Dance furnishes the programme of a European recital tour with Orkis. Performs and records Tchaikovsky’s Concerto with Previn and the Wiener Philharmoniker, and performs Beethoven’s Concerto in Berlin with Previn and the Berliner Philharmoniker. Release: Bernstein’s Serenade with the London Symphony Orchestra and Previn’s Violin Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, both under the direction of Previn.
2004
Appearances with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, presenting contempo-rary works composed for or dedicated to her: Dutilleux (Sur le même accord, including its US premiere); Lutosławski (Partita, Interludium, Chain 2); Rihm (Gesungene Zeit); Previn (Violin Concerto “Anne-Sophie”) – as well as traditional concertos and chamber music. Release: concertos by Korngold and Tchaikovsky with Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Wiener Philharmoniker respectively (Echo Award 2005 “Instrumentalist of the Year”).
2005
The season 2005/06 features a comprehensive homage to Mozart: she performs the Con-certos and Sinfonia concertante (with Yuri Bashmet) as soloist and conductor of the Salzburg Camerata and the London Philharmonic Orchestra; with Orkis she performs the Violin Sonatas on a world tour; and with Previn and Müller-Schott she plays the Piano Trios in Europe. Further performances of concertos by Beethoven, Previn and Korngold with Previn and the Philharmonic Orchestras of London and Oslo, and Beethoven with Masur and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
2006
Appearances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Masur (Beethoven) in Great Britain, Ireland and the US; with the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Pierre Boulez (Rihm Gesungene Zeit) in Switzerland; and with the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under Previn (Beethoven) in Stuttgart. At the Lucerne Festival she celebrates the 30th anniversary of her concert debut with recitals of Mozart Violin Sonatas together with Orkis, which she also performs throughout Europe, the US and the Far East. At fur-ther Mozart Festival concerts, she directs the Tivoli Symphony, London Philharmonic and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestras. Releases include: Mozart Piano Trios with Previn and Müller-Schott (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2006), and a 4-CD set of Violin So-natas with Orkis. On DVD: Mozart’s Violin Concertos and the Violin Sonatas, each in a 2-disc set.
2007
Concerts with Previn conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra in Europe; with Masur and the Orchestre national de France in Paris and Madrid (Previn’s Concerto “Anne-Sophie”); and with Maazel and the New York Philharmonic (Berg) in New York. She tours Europe with the Trondheim Soloists led by her in a Bach Festival programme. Further performances of Mozart’s Violin Sonatas with Orkis in Germany and Switzerland. She premieres Previn’s Concerto for Violin and Double Bass with Roman Patkoló and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Previn, and Sofia Gubaidulina’s Violin Concerto In tempus praesens with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle at the Lucerne Festival. Re-leases this year: Simply Anne-Sophie – an album with a unique collection of her Deutsche Grammophon recordings, a 5-DVD set of Mozart’s Violin Concertos, Sonatas and Trios, and a single DVD with the Piano Trios.
2008
The year begins with a benefit concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Ozawa, with whom she goes on a tour “in memory of Herbert von Karajan’s 100th birthday” throughout Europe. In the double function of soloist and conductor she tours with the Camerata Salzburg in the US and with the Trondheim Soloists in the Far East (Bach’s Violin Concerto no. 2, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons) and with Orkis on a tour of the US and in Germany, Denmark, Zurich and Vienna (Brahms’s Violin Sonatas). Release of her album with Bach Concertos BWV 1041 & 1042 with the Trondheim Soloists coupled with the world-premiere recording of Gubaidulina’s Violin Concerto In tempus praesens, which was dedicated to Anne-Sophie Mutter, with the London Symphony Orchestra under Va-lery Gergiev. Receives Leipzig’s Mendelssohn Prize and the Ernst von Siemens Music Award.
2009
First performances of Gubaidulina’s In tempus praesens in Germany and Spain. Anne-Sophie Mutter tours Switzerland and Germany with the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under Previn; she performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic under Masur in New York, on a European tour with the Oslo Phil-harmonic under Saraste, with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under Frühbeck de Burgos in Canada, and with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under Tilson Tho-mas in San Francisco; in Carnegie Hall, world premiere of Previn’s Piano Trio with Harrell and Previn, and of Previn’s Concerto for Violin and Viola with Bashmet and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s under Previn. Release of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig under Masur coupled with chamber works by the same composer accompanied by Previn and Harrell.
11/2008
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29.06.2023
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER FESTEGGIA IL 60° COMPLEANNO AL MUSIKVEREIN DI VIENNAUN COFANETTO DI 5 LP PER FESTEGGIRARE IL 60° COMPLEANNO
Oggi Anne-Sophie Mutter compie 60 anni. Tra le iniziative realizzate da Deutsche Grammophon per celebrare l'evento spicca la diretta su STAGE+ del concerto che la celebre violinista tedesca terrà questa sera alle ore 20.00 dal Musikverein di Vienna. In programma musiche di Bach, Bologna, Previn e Vivaldi.
12.06.2023
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER: THE SOLO CONCERTOS - UN COFANETTO DI 5 LP PER FESTEGGIRARE IL 60° COMPLEANNO
Anne-Sophie Mutter, una delle più grandi violiniste del nostro tempo, compirà 60 anni il 29 giugno 2023. Deutsche Grammophon celebra questa meravigliosa artista con un cofanetto in vinile contenente le registrazioni più significative dei suoi primi anni di carriera. Questa edizione limitata e numerata comprende le registrazioni complete dei concerti per violino incisi da Anne-Sophie Mutter e Herbert von Karajan per Deutsche Grammophon su 5 LP, alcuni dei quali non erano disponibili in vinile da due decenni. Il contenuto spazia dall'album di debutto della Mutter per DG del 1978 con il Terzo e il Quinto Concerto di Mozart ai Concerti di Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch e Brahms, tutti con i Berliner Philharmoniker, compresa l'interpretazione di Mutter e Karajan del 1988 del Concerto di Tchaikovsky con i Wiener Philharmoniker, che fu l'ultima collaborazione di Mutter e Karajan prima della morte del Maestro. Tutte le registrazioni hanno ottenuto un costante successo commerciale in tutti i formati. Gli LP sono stampati su vinile da 180 grammi. Il cofanetto include un libretto 16 pagine con l'elenco dei brani, nuove note di copertina, foto e facsimili della documentazione di registrazione.
06.06.2022
JOHN WILLIAMS: FINALMENTE DISPONIBILE IL CONCERTO PER VIOLINO N. 2 INTERPRETATO DA ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER
Deutsche Grammophon pubblica la prima registrazione mondiale del Concerto per violino n. 2 di John Williams. Il lavoro è stato scritto e registrato per la sua grande amica Anne-Sophie Mutter, con la quale ha collaborato in due precedenti album Deutsche Grammophon, entrambi di grande successo: Across the Stars (2019) e John Williams in Vienna (2020). L’incisione risale all’8 febbraio scorso con la Boston Symphony Orchestra, diretta da John Williams, evento che ha celebrato il suo 90° compleanno. Il nuovo album include anche tre temi da film recentemente arrangiati per la violinista dallo stesso compositore: il tema di The Long Goodbye, "Han Solo e la principessa" da Guerre Stellari: L'impero colpisce ancora e "Marion's Theme" da Indiana Jones e i predetori dell’arca perduta.
11.09.2015
Anne Sophie Mutter e l'album del live agli Yellow Lounge
"Per tutta la mia vita ho cercato di stabilire un contatto con un pubbico giovane, di mentalità aperta, forse nemmeno molto appassionato di musica classica, ma incuriosito dal genere. I miei concerti alle Yellow Lounge per me significano questo." - Anne Sophie Mutter Anne Sophie Mutter è la protagonista della prima registrazione audio/video di una Yellow Lounge, concept nato 15 anni faper avvicinare alla classica un pubblico sempre più giovane e vasto. Clicca sull'immagine per avere subito un'anteprima del disco tramite il video trailer!
01.09.2015
Anne-Sophie Mutter e il suo album dedicato agli Yellow Lounge
Dal sito di RAI NEWS: "Una delle più grandi violiniste del mondo suona in un club underground di Berlino. Anne Sophie Mutter ha accettato una sfida importante per la musica classica." La violinista è la protagonista della prima registrazione audio/video di una Yellow Lounge. I concerti, tenuti il 7 e l'8 marzo di quest'anno a Berlino, hanno visto la grande violinista protagonista di un'esperienza musicale e visiva unica nella quale sono stati coinvolti il pianista Lambert Orkis, Mahan Esfahani e i Mutter's Virtuosi.
23.07.2015
The Club Album: il nuovo disco di Anne Sophie Mutter
"Per tutta la mia vita ho cercato di stabilire un contatto con un pubblico giovane, di mentalità aperta, forse nemmeno molto appassionato di musica classica, ma incuriosito dal genere. I miei concerti agli Yellow Lounge per me significano tutto questo." - Anne Sophie Mutter A settembre uscirà il nuovo disco di Anne Sophie Mutter, "The Club Album", registrato dal vivo durante i suoi concerti agli Yellow Lounge. In Italia sarà disponibile dal 4 Settembre, ma è già possibile prenotarlo su Amazon. Clicca sulla cover per prenotarlo subito!
19.05.2014
Domani mattina il nuovo disco di Anne-Sophie Mutter a Primo Movimento, su Radio 3
Va in onda domani mattina dalle 9:30 alle 10:00 su Radio Tre il programma "Primo Movimento", durante il quale verrà presentato il nuovo disco di Anne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis, dal titolo "The Silver Album". Anne-Sophie Mutter e Lamber Orkis festeggiano i 25 anni di collaborazione con questo doppio album che include 2 prime registrazioni mondiali di Previn e Penderecki, 2 nuove incisioni di Ravel e Massenet oltre ad una selezione delle loro performance più significative: da Beethoven a Brahms, da Mozart a Fauré, da Kreisler a Debussy, tutti i brani che evidenziano la loro stupefacente intesa artistica. La pubblicazione del CD coincide con un lungo tour europeo dove saranno eseguiti i brani contenuti in questo album. Appuntamento per l'ascolto a domani mattina ore 9:30 su RADIO 3. Clicca sull'immagine per ascoltare "The Silver Album"
08.05.2014
Mutter - Orkis: 'The Silver Album' per 25 anni di collaborazione
Anne-Sophie Mutter e Lamber Orkis festeggiano i 25 anni di collaborazione con un doppio album che include 2 prime registrazioni mondiali di Previn e Penderecki, 2 nuove incisioni di Ravel e Massenet oltre ad una selezione delle loro performance più significative: da Beethoven a a Brahms, da Mozart a Fauré, da Kreisler a Debussy, tutti i brani che evidenziano la loro stupefacente intesa artistica. La pubblicazione del CD. il prossimo 13 maggio, coincide con un lungo tour europeo.
27.07.2011
Anne-Sophie Mutter: 35 anni di carriera
Il 23 agosto Anne-Sophie Mutter celebra 35 anni di carriera. La celebre violinista tedesca è un'autentica star: fin dal suo debutto ha impressionato per le straordinarie doti tecniche e per quelle interpretative. Le sue registrazioni, oltre ad aver entusiasmato il pubblico e la critica internazionale, hanno totalizzato oltre milioni di copie vendute! Scopri una meravigliosa edizione limitata e numerata con tutte le sue registrazioni, le immagini e le curiosità qui http://www.youtube.com/user/deutschegrammophon1#p/a/u/0/l95-nD3mRkA
12.11.2010
Anne-Sophie Mutter nominata "musicista dell'anno" agli award di Musical America.
Musical America, la venerabile risorsa internazionale di musica classica, ha annunciato i vincitore dei suoi prestigiosi awards per l’anno 2011, conferendo alla talentuosa Anne-Sophie Mutter il premio di “musicista dell’anno”. Ricevendo questo premio come “riconoscimento dell’eccellenza artistica e degli ottimi risultati ottenuti”, la Mutter si unisce al prestigioso gruppo dei precedenti vincitori tra cui troviamo Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Benjamin Britten e Plácido Domingo, oltre ad altri grandissimi nomi. L’ultima uscita discografica della violinista, definita “a masterly issue” dal Times è una registrazione delle tre Violin Sonatas di Johannes Brahms, nelle quali è accompagnata dal pianista Lambert Orkis. Disponibile su CD, DVD e Blu-ray.
13.10.2009
