Biography
Violin
Anne-Sophie Mutter
For nearly five decades, the four-time Grammy Award-winner Anne-Sophie Mutter has been a fixture in the world’s major concert halls, making her mark on the world as a soloist, mentor, collaborator, humanitarian, and visionary artist.
Dedicated to supporting young musicians, Mutter founded the Association of Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation in 1997, to which the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation was added in 2008. Since 2011, Mutter has regularly shared the spotlight on stage with her ensemble of fellows known as Mutter Virtuosi.
Mutter’s 2025 season includes this US recital tour, which marks her 37th year collaborating with pianist Lambert Orkis. She also performs John Williams’s Second Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic; appears with the Sofia Philharmonia and Staatskapelle Berlin; and performs in a trio with pianist Yefim Bronfman and cellist Pablo Ferrández.
Mutter has been recognized around the world for her contribution to the arts, culture, social causes, and leadership. She has been awarded the German Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, the French Medal of the Legion of Honor, the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, and numerous other honors. Most recently, the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music bestowed an honorary doctorate upon her in 2022, and in 2023, she received the Ruhr Piano Festival Prize and was awarded a Gold Medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society. She made her San Francisco Symphony debut in 1988 as a Shenson Young Artist and was an artist in residence in 2019–20.
Dedicated to supporting young musicians, Mutter founded the Association of Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation in 1997, to which the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation was added in 2008. Since 2011, Mutter has regularly shared the spotlight on stage with her ensemble of fellows known as Mutter Virtuosi.
Mutter’s 2025 season includes this US recital tour, which marks her 37th year collaborating with pianist Lambert Orkis. She also performs John Williams’s Second Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic; appears with the Sofia Philharmonia and Staatskapelle Berlin; and performs in a trio with pianist Yefim Bronfman and cellist Pablo Ferrández.
Mutter has been recognized around the world for her contribution to the arts, culture, social causes, and leadership. She has been awarded the German Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, the French Medal of the Legion of Honor, the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, and numerous other honors. Most recently, the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music bestowed an honorary doctorate upon her in 2022, and in 2023, she received the Ruhr Piano Festival Prize and was awarded a Gold Medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society. She made her San Francisco Symphony debut in 1988 as a Shenson Young Artist and was an artist in residence in 2019–20.
