Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter Virtuosi
Biography
"Anne-Sophie Mutter launched her European Tour in Hannover, with her hand-selected chamber ensemble,
"Mutter's Virtuosi"…Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Octet cannot be played more flowingly nor more supplely." —
www.neuepresse.de
"Mutter and her youthful troop of proteges...an exciting evening in the Alte Oper Frankfurt." —Klaus Achermann,
Offenbach-Post
The Mutter Virtuosi is a string orchestra made up of young foundation scholars and professional
string players who are alumni of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation, a foundation for the
development of global support for young, talented string soloists founded in Munich in 1997.
Ms. Mutter has over the years frequently performed concerts with the Foundation’s scholarship
students to introduce them to the life of a professional musician and to a broad audience. Since
2011 she has expanded that activity with the formation of Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter
Virtuosi for touring projects.
The first European tour Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter Virtuosi in the Spring of 2011 toured to
Vienna, Lucerne, Baden-Baden, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Essen, Hannover,
Friedrichshafen, and Wehr. They performed Mendelssohn Octet, Vivaldi Four Seasons and a
commissioned Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass by Krzysztof Penderecki, performed
by Ms. Mutter and the first Aida Stucki Award winner, Roman Patkoló.
Anne-Sophie Mutter feels strongly that her scholars and young professionals have the experience
of traditional and new music and the experience of performing charity concerts for humanitarian
causes: "I find it important that our young musicians are aware of their social responsibility as
artists. Music is a gift to all, an opportunity of joint experience irrespective of origin, of doing
something meaningful and placing yourself in the service of society as a musician."
The June 2013 Asian tour with the Virtuosi included the classics of Mendelssohn and Vivaldi as
well as the World Premiere of a commissioned work of Sebastian Currier, Ringtone Variations
for Violin and Double Bass performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Roman Patkoló.
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs as soloist and leader with Mutter Virtuosi in the United States and
Canada in the Fall of 2014. Repertoire will include the classics of Mendelssohn and Vivaldi as
well as the US premieres of 2 pieces: Andre Previn’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Currier’s
Ringtone Variations for Violin and Double Bass.
Future tours of Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter Virtuosi include 2015 summer festivals in Europe,
a German tour in April 2016 and performances in Asia in October 2016 to celebrate her 35th
anniversary of her Japanese debut.
March 2014
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