Anne-Sophie Mutter wurde im badischen Rheinfelden geboren. Sie begann ihre internationale Karriere als Solistin bei den Festwochen Luzern 1976 und gab im Jahr darauf bei den Pfingstkonzerten unter Leitung Herbert von Karajans ihr Salzburg-Debüt.

Seither gehört sie zu den großen Geigen-Virtuosen unserer Zeit. Sie konzertiert in allen bedeutenden Musikzentren Europas, der USA und Asiens. Neben der Aufführung großer traditioneller Werke stellt sie ihrem Publikum immer wieder Repertoire-Neuland vor; Kammermusik und orchestrale Werke stehen gleichberechtigt nebeneinander; und sie nutzt ihre Popularität für Benefizprojekte und die Förderung musikalischen Spitzennachwuchses. Klick hier fuer mehr Infos.

Mutter was born in Rheinfelden, Germany. She began playing the piano at age five, and shortly afterwards 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, she was exempted from school to dedicate herself to her art. When she was 13, conductor Herbert von Karajan invited her to play with the Berlin Philharmonic. 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 von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. hough her repertoire includes many classical works, Mutter is particularly known for her performances of contemporary music.

A number of pieces have been especially written for or dedicated to her, including Henri Dutilleux's Sur le même accord, Krzysztof Penderecki's Second Violin Concerto and Wolfgang Rihm's Gesungene Zeit ("Time Chant"). In August 2007, she premiered Sofia Gubaidulina's Violin Concerto No. 2 "In tempus präsens," and Witold Lutosławski orchestrated his Partita for her. She has received various prizes, including several Grammys. Click here for more Info.