Perspectives: Anne-Sophie Mutter

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Since making her international debut at the Lucerne Festival in 1976, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has been widely recognized for her passionate commitment to artistic excellence and her dedication to the growth of classical music—both core themes of her Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall. Ms. Mutter’s Perspectives features six performances throughout the season, including appearances as soloist with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and New World Symphony, as well as chamber concerts with renowned performers, including cellist Lynn Harrell and pianists Yefim Bronfman and Lambert Orkis. Reflecting her focus on advancing the future of classical music, Ms. Mutter champions 20th- and 21st-century violin repertoire throughout her series, including contemporary works written for her by Sebastian Currier, Norbert Moret, and André Previn. She also appears with the Mutter Virtuosi, an ensemble of young students and professional string players who are alumni of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.Ms. Mutter launches her series in October, performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall’s festive Opening Night Gala concert with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker, an orchestra with whom she first collaborated in 1977 but with whom she has never appeared in the United States. In November, she is joined by pianist Lambert Orkis, her artistic partner of more than 25 years, for a program to include Franck’s Violin Sonata in A Major, a work they performed at their Carnegie Hall recital debut in 1988. Later that month, Ms. Mutter performs the US premiere of André Previn’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with members of the Mutter Virtuosi. She returns in February as soloist with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, led by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, performing Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. In mid-April, Ms. Mutter shares the stage with longtime collaborator, cellist Lynn Harrell, as well as pianist Yefim Bronfman in a concert that features piano trios by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. In late-April, as a finale to her Perspectives, she performs Berg’s Violin Concerto and the New York premiere of Norbert Moret’s En rêve with the New World Symphony, the academy for post-graduate pre-professional musicians co-founded by conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

World-renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has appeared in all the major concert halls of Europe, North and South America, and Asia. In addition to performing and recording the established masterpieces of the violin repertoire, she is an avid champion of contemporary violin repertoire in both orchestral and chamber music settings, and has had works composed for her by Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutosławski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, André Previn, and Wolfgang Rihm. She also devotes her time to numerous charity projects and supports the development of young, exceptionally talented musicians through the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. Ms. Mutter was awarded the Atlantic Council’s 2012 Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award for her encouragement of young music talent through her foundation and was inducted as a 2013 Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Wednesday, October 1 at 7 PM | Stern/Perelman

Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night GalaBerliner PhilharmonikerSir Simon Rattle, Music Director and ConductorAnne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

RACHMANINOFF Symphonic DancesBRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 STRAVINSKY Closing Scenes from The Firebird

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The Carnegie Hall presentations of the Berliner Philharmoniker are made possible by a leadership gift from the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation and Marina Kellen French.

Tuesday, November 11 at 8 PM| Stern/Perelman

Anne-Sophie Mutter, ViolinLambert Orkis, PianoRoman Patkoló, Double Bass

THE ANNUAL ISAAC STERN MEMORIAL CONCERTSEBASTIAN CURRIER Ringtone Variations KREISLER Variations on a Theme of Corelli (in the style of Tartini)GRIEG Violin Sonata No. 3 in C MinorANDRÉ PREVIN Tango Song and DanceFRANCK Violin Sonata in A Major

Tuesday, November 18 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman

Anne-Sophie Mutter, ViolinMutter Virtuosi

BACH Concerto for Two Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043ANDRÉ PREVIN Violin Concerto No. 2 (US Premiere)VIVALDI The Four Seasons

Wednesday, February 11 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman

Danish National Symphony OrchestraRafael Frühbeck de Burgos, ConductorAnne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

SIBELIUS Valse triste; Violin Concerto NIELSEN Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable”

Tuesday, April 14 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman

Anne-Sophie Mutter, ViolinYefi m Bronfman, PianoLynn Harrell, Cello

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B-fl at Major, Op. 97, “Archduke”TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio in A Minor

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Tuesday, April 28 at 8 PM | Stern/Perelman

New World SymphonyAmerica’s Orchestral AcademyMichael Tilson Thomas, Artistic Director and ConductorAnne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

SCHUBERT Incidental Music from RosamundeBERG Violin ConcertoMORET En rêve (NY Premiere)DEBUSSY La mer

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