Two US premieres: Previn Violin Concerto No. 2 and Currier’s “Ringtone Variations“
Benefit concerts in Europe
In November 2014, Anne-Sophie Mutter goes on tour with current and former scholarship students of her Foundation for the third time: The Mutter Virtuosi appear at seven concerts in Canada and the USA. A work commissioned by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation, Ringtone Variations, as well as Previn’s Violin Concerto No. 2 will have their first concert performances on the North American continent. The tour repertoire also includes the Bach Double Concerto for Two Violins, the Mendelssohn Octet and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. This year, the exclusive soloist ensemble includes 13 string players, accompanied by the Norwegian harpsichordist Knut Johanessen.
Two benefit concerts frame the North American tour: shortly before their departure, Anne-Sophie Mutter and her ensemble perform at a benefit for the organ renovation of the parish church in Aurach (Austria), and right after their return they play a benefit performance for the Lebenshilfe Worms, which supports mentally handicapped persons.
The Virtuosi Video Blog
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November 6 On the road to Kitzbühel
Ye Eun Choi and Vladimir Babeshko on their way to the first concert of the 2014 tour...
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November 7 Parish Church St. Rupert in Oberaurach
Preparations for the benefit concert for the renovation of the church organ in the parish church St. Rupert in Oberaurach...
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Anne-Sophie Mutter about her strong personal relationship to the parish church St. Rupert in Oberaurach and the meaning of benefit concerts...
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Wildlife Park Aurach
Inspiration for the "Four Seasons"...
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November 11 Newark Airport
Four Virtuosi missed their connecting flight to FT Myers...
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November 14 Naples
After the first concert: relaxing on the beach...
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November 15 Atlanta
After the concert in the artist cloakroom of the Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall...
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November 16 Kansas City
The Virtuosi celebrate the tour so far at the barbecue...
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November 18 New York
Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Virtuosi backstage at Carnegie Hall after the US premiere of the Previn Violin Concerto No. 2...
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November 19 Chicago
Dinner after the concert: Harpsichordist Knut Johannessen talks about 15 years of collaboration with Anne-Sophie Mutter...
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November 20 On the bus to Toronto
The Virtuosi introduce themselves...
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November 21 Toronto
Noa Wildschut and Kian Soltani before the Virtuosi Live Performance at the New Classical 96.3 & 103.1 FM Radio...
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How do you peel a banana?
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November 22 Washington D.C.
Arrival at the final tour location 2014...
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November 24 Washington D.C.
Private tour of the Library of Congress...
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Anne-Sophie Mutter sums up the visit to the Library of Congress and the Virtuosi Tour 2014...
Mutter’s Virtuosi – Ensemble 2014
Violin
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Ye-Eun ChoiViolinSince 2005
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Noa WildschutViolin2015 - 2019
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Nancy ZhouViolin & Viola2008 - 2018
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Wei LuViolin1997 - 2003
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Mikhail OvrutskyViolin2004 - 2009
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Albrecht MenzelViolin
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Agata SzymczewskaViolin
Viola
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Vladimir BabeshkoViola2008 - 2018
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Hwayoon LeeViolaSince 2011
Violoncello
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Maximilian HornungVioloncello2008 - 2018
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Kian SoltaniVioloncelloSince 2014
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Benedict KloecknerVioloncello
Double Bass
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Roman PatkolóDouble Bass1999 - 2011
Cembalo
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Knut JohannessenHarpsichord