Central to Ms. Mutter’s 2010–11 season North American schedule is her appointment as the New York Philharmonic’s Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, a tenure that highlights established violin repertoire alongside adventurous new works. Her three orchestral programs feature the world premieres of Rihm’s Lichtes Spiel and Currier’s Time Machines, as well as the New York premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Violin Concerto In tempus praesens. Her residency also include chamber music performances: Beethoven’s string trios with violist Yuri Bashmet and cellist Lynn Harrell; a world premiere by Rihm and a United States premiere by Penderecki; and a recital of works by Debussy, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Sarasate with long-time collaborator, pianist Lambert Orkis.

Also this season Ms. Mutter plays Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for its inaugural Symphony Ball, and Dutilleux’s Sur le même accord and Gubaidulina’s In tempus praesens with the Montreal Symphony and Kent Nagano. A North American tour with Mssrs. Bashmet and Harrell performing the Beethoven trios in San Francisco, Vancouver, Costa Mesa, and Mexico City is followed by a solo recital of Brahms’s violin sonatas with Mr. Orkis at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Ms. Mutter also appears with the Kirov Orchestra and Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis, and London Philharmonic and Kurt Masur. She tours Germany with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic and gives an extensive Asian recital tour. Ms. Mutter’s has inaugurated a new ensemble, Mutter’s Virtuosi, comprising current and former members of The Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation; this ensemble undertakes its premiere tour in March 2011, performing works by Mendelssohn, Penderecki, and Vivaldi.

Anne-Sophie Mutter devotes much of her time and resources to supporting charitable causes and the development of young musicians. In 2008 she established the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation (which grew out of The Anne-Sophie Mutter Circle of Friends Foundation, founded in 1997) to further increase worldwide support for promising young musicians.. She is also interested in the global medical and social problems of our time, regularly lending her support to various charitable causes including the Maison de Solenn, Save the Children, Fondation Dr. Henri Dubois-Ferrière Dinu Lipatti, and the State Academy of Music in Karlsruhe.

Adding to her discography of more than 60 recordings over the past 35 years, October 2010 sees the United States release of the complete Brahms’s Violin Sonatas performed with Lambert Orkis (Deutsche Grammophon label). The honors afforded her recordings include the German Record Prize, Record Academy Prize, Grand Prix du Disque, International Record Prize, and several Grammy Awards.

In 2010 Anne-Sophie Mutter was awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. Her other honors have included the European St. Ulrich’s Prize and the Cristobal Gabaroon Award (both in 2009); the International Ernst von Siemens Music Prize and the Leipzig Mendelssohn Prize (2008); and the Grand Order of Merit of the German Federal Republic, French Order of the Legion of Honor, Bavarian Order of Merit, and Great Austrian Order of Merit.

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