Published on Jul 19, 2016

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: Thursday, October 13, 2016

Venue: Concert Hall of NCPA

Prices: 280, 480, 600, 780, 900, 1080, 1280

Features: Anne-Sophie Mutter has been recognized as one of the world's greatest violinists. On October 13rd this year for celebrates her 40th anniversary, Anne-Sophie will come to Beijing and performed at Concert Hall of NCPA.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Anne-Sophie Mutter this year celebrates her 40th anniversary at Lucerne Festival. In 1976, at the age of 13, she began her career as part of the “Young Artists“ series; one year later she performed as a soloist at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival under Herbert von Karajan. Ever since then she has concertized around the world in all the leading music centers.

Anne-Sophie Mutter is a German violinist. Supported early in her career by Herbert von Karajan, she has built a strong reputation for championing contemporary music with several works being composed specially for her including by Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutostawski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, Andre Previn, and Wolfgang Rihm.

Mutter was born in Rheinfelden, Germany. She began playing the piano at the age of five, and shortly afterwards took up the violin, studying with Erna Honigberger, a pupil of Carl Flesch. After Honigberger's death she continued her studies with Aida Stucki at the Winterthur Conservatory.

After winning several prizes, Mutter was exempted from school to dedicate herself to music full-time. At age 13, Herbert von Karajan invited her to play with the Berlin Philharmonic, and she made her public debut on stage in 1976 at the Lucerne Festival, playing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major. In 1977, she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival and with the English Chamber Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim. 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.

Though her repertoire includes many classical works, Mutter is particularly known for her performances of contemporary music. Several pieces have been specially written for or dedicated to her, including Henri Dutilleux's Sur le meme accord, Krzysztof Penderecki's Second Violin Concerto, Witold Lutostawski's Chain 2 and the orchestral version of Partita, and Wolfgang Rihm's Gesungene Zeit ("Time Chant"), Lichtes Spiel, and Dyade. In August 2007, she premiered Sofia Gubaidulina's Violin Concerto No. 2 "In tempus praesens." She has received various prizes, including several Grammys.

In October 2006, on French television, Mutter appeared to indicate that she would be retiring when she turned 45, in 2008. However the following month she said that her words were "misinterpreted" and that she would continue to play as long as she felt she could "bring anything new, anything important, anything different to music".

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