2023-06-29 18:04:00
“Classic makes you happy,” Anne-Sophie Mutter told DW, adding that she’s ready to do it over and over again. Not surprisingly, the famous violinist decided to celebrate her 60th birthday on stage. On her birthday, June 29, she, together with the members of the Virtuosi Mutter ensemble founded by her and other scholarship holders of the eponymous fund, went on another big tour. The internationally acclaimed violinist has been giving concerts with her foundation’s fellows for many years to bring them firsthand into the life of a professional musician and at the same time introduce them to a wider audience. This tour of Europe, as well as during the performances scheduled for August – September, will feature two works by Johann Bach – Violin Concerto No. 1 and Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; André Previn’s nonet specially for “Mutter’s Virtuosi” and dedicated to the violinist; Concerto for three violins and orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi, as well as Concerto for violin and orchestra op.5 No. 2 in A major by Joseph Bologna de Saint-George. Fourteen string players will perform under the baton of Anne-Sophie Mutter. The audience is looking forward to the concerts – all tickets are already sold out at the Berlin Philharmonic.
Passion for the violin since childhood
The hint that she has been at the musical pinnacle even longer than Madonna’s pop icon only makes Anne-Sophie smile. “I’m just doing what fuels me, what I love so much,” she says, and in these words one can feel the inner fire of her musical passion. “If you were lucky enough to discover early what makes you happy, and if you were able to make it your profession, then it doesn’t matter how long you could stay in it – ten years, fifty or even longer,” the star adds. classical music.
Anne-Sophie MutterPhoto: Sven Hoppe/dpa/picture alliance
Anne-Sophie’s talent manifested itself very early, in childhood she was called a child prodigy and compared with Mozart. The story of how the young violinist was discovered in 1976 and since then constantly supported by the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan is known to many, it has already been told more than once. At the age of 13, she was completely released from school – the legendary conductor invited the young violinist to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. At 14 she already participated in the Salzburg Festival, at 15 she made her first concert recordings. However, the world-famous violinist owes Karajan not only the rise of her popularity, but also something big – special and enduring, which influenced the formation of her career.
Conductor Karajan as a role model
Herbert von Karajan could conduct a big concert at his best and rehearse the next morning as if nothing had happened. Many who worked with him and experienced it for themselves suffered from such a routine. And Anne-Sophie Mutter, on the contrary, was deeply impressed by such performance. She loves to quote Karajan: “Anyone who has achieved all their goals has probably set the bar too low for themselves.” This statement, according to the violinist, became her life credo.
Anne-Sophie Mutter knows the importance of having a mentor. Therefore, as Karajan once did, she wants to share her experience, skills and her enthusiasm with young musicians. For this, the violinist founded in 1997 Circle of Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation eVand in 2008 organized on its basis a fund of the same name to support and promote talented people.
Openness to everything new
The musical diva not only communicates with novice musicians with ease and pleasure, but is also open to everything new. She is interested in “new music”, she regularly orders new musical works from composers. The concert compositions of her late husband, composer and conductor Andre Previn, have always been especially effective in this context, and the second violin concerto of John Williams, the famous composer of film scores and multiple winner of the Oscars and ” Grammy”.
During her long career, Anne-Sophie Mutter has achieved almost everything one could wish for, including such prestigious awards as the German “Opus Klassik”, the Japanese “Premium Imperiale”, the Swedish “Polar Music Prize”.
But for the mother of two children, happiness is determined not only by musical success: “When my children are in the hall, everything that is dearest to me is there.”
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