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MUSIC
n 1976 Herbert von Karajan heard the 13-year-
old Mutter in recital at the Lucerne Festival. The
legendary conductor subsequently invited the young
Iviolinist to make her concerto debut with the Berlin
Philharmonic at the 1977 Salzburg Whitsun Festival.
Their partnership continued in 1978 when Mutter made her
first recording for Deutsche Grammophon: W. A. Mozart:
The Violin Concertos.
Mutter also collaborated regularly with Karajan and
the Berlin Philharmonic to create a landmark series of
recordings of violin concertos by Beethoven, Brahms,
Bruch and Mendelssohn. She is known as an outstanding
champion of contemporary music with several works created
especially for her by illustrious composers including Sir
André Previn, Wolfgang Rihm and John Williams.
The violinist has been awarded the German Grand Order
of Merit, the French Medal of the Legion of Honor, the
Bavarian Order of Merit, and the Decoration of Honor
for Services to the Republic of Austria, amongst numerous
other honors.
“I love this intimate contact with my
Stradivari. A companion of over 30 years
now. A strapless gown lets me forget the
worries of feeling restricted in movement
by clothing and sink into the embrace
with my beloved fiddle.”
– Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Buffalo News
Photos Courtesy Of : Monika Deutsche Grammophon ©Anker Freds/DG, ©Tina Tahir
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