{"id":5503,"date":"2025-05-29T14:40:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T12:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anne-sophie-mutter.de\/?page_id=5503"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:14:12","slug":"mutters-virtuosi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.anne-sophie-mutter.de\/en\/mutters-virtuosi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutter&#8217;s Virtuosi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.anne-sophie-mutter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Header_Stiftung_D_smal-2.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Header_Stiftung_D_mob&#8221; src_tablet=&#8221;https:\/\/www.anne-sophie-mutter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Header_Stiftung_D_smal-2.jpg&#8221; src_phone=&#8221;https:\/\/www.anne-sophie-mutter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Header_Stiftung_D_mob.jpg&#8221; src_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Die Stip&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eff0ff&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.anne-sophie-mutter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/farbflaeche_muttersvirtuosi_1.jpg&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;100px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;100px||100px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||100px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;&#8211;et_global_body_font||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;60px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;0.7em&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;0.7em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#d86ca6&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; width=&#8221;230px&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;230px&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;175px&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; height=&#8221;230px&#8221; height_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; height_phone=&#8221;175px&#8221; height_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||0px|15px|false|false&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;22px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#c128a8&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>MUTTER&#8217;S<br \/>VIRTUOSI<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||40px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#d86ca6&#8243; header_5_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||||||&#8221; header_5_text_color=&#8221;#005c8c&#8221; header_5_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|20px|30px|20px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><b>The Foundation\u2019s String Orchestra<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Mutter&#8217;s Virtuosi.<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>For years, Anne-Sophie Mutter has been performing together with various scholarship students of her foundation \u2013 in order to familiarise them with the life of a professional musician and to introduce them to a broader audience. In the spring of 2011 she started the additional project Mutter\u2018s Virtuosi: this ensemble under the violinist\u2019s artistic leadership consists of current and former scholarship holders of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation as well as selected other young musicians. On their tours through Europe, North and South America as well as Asia, <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Mutter\u2018s Virtuosi regularly introduce their audience to new works; benefit concerts are also a fixed part of every tour programme. Furthermore, the soloists\u2019 ensemble can be heard on recordings and video.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||||||&#8221; header_5_text_color=&#8221;#005c8c&#8221; header_5_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|20px|30px|20px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]The first tour in 2011 featured stops in eleven European cities. The programme included Mendelssohn\u2019s Octet for Strings Op. 20, Vivaldi\u2019s \u201cFour Seasons\u201d and a work commissioned by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation from Krzysztof Penderecki, \u201cDuo concertante per violino e contrabbasso\u201d. As part of this tour, Mutter\u2018s Virtuosi played two benefit concerts: one for the Hanna and Paul Gr\u00e4b Foundation which supports people with handicaps, and one for the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society. \u201cIt is important to me that our scholarship students realise their social responsibility as artists,\u201d says Anne-Sophie Mutter. \u201cMusic is a gift for everyone, a possibility to share feelings regardless of your background, to do something meaningful and serve society as a musician.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The concert programme of the tour through Asia in 2013 once again included the classics by Mendelssohn and Vivaldi \u2013 and a new commission from the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation: on June 6, 2013 the violinist and the double bass player Roman Patkol\u00f3 gave the world premiere of Sebastian Currier\u2019s \u201cRingtone Variations\u201d in Seoul.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.anne-sophie-mutter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/asm-spendiat.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;asm-spendiat&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_video_mp4=&#8221;https:\/\/www.anne-sophie-mutter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Stipentiaten.mp4&#8243; height=&#8221;400px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Biografie&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;100px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||100px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||||||&#8221; header_5_text_color=&#8221;#005c8c&#8221; header_5_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|20px|10px|20px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>November 2014 saw the next tour of Anne-Sophie Mutter and her Virtuosi. They performed seven concerts in Canada and the USA, including at New York\u2019s legendary Carnegie Hall. The Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation\u2019s commission \u201cRingtone Variations\u201d and Previn\u2019s Violin Concerto No. 2 were first performed in American concert halls. The tour repertoire also included the Bach Double Concerto for Two Violins, the Mendelssohn Octet and Vivaldi\u2019s Four Seasons. Two benefit appearances framed the North American tour.<\/p>\n<p>Anne-Sophie Mutter\u2019s club performances at Berlin\u2019s \u201cNeue Heimat\u201c in May 2015 saw her Virtuosi on stage with her for Vivaldi\u2019s \u201cFour Seasons\u201d and the Bach Double Concerto \u2013 an unforgettable experience for the young ensemble members. Deutsche Grammophon and the ZDF television channel were the local co-producers, recording the event which is available on CD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray Disc. \u201cI really wanted to share the stage with my Virtuosi,\u201d says Anne-Sophie Mutter. \u201cThey are an integral part of my life with the ideal of what one can do with music in society. Ultimately the point is that music allows us to truly encounter other people, that it builds bridges not only between generations, but between different cultures which we have constructed; it transcends religious and sometimes dogmatic walls we have erected between us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world premiere of Sir Andr\u00e9 Previn\u2019s Nonet for Two String Quartets and Double Bass, commissioned by the violinist for Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi and dedicated to her, launched a tour of European festivals on August 26, 2015, during which the young ensemble visited eight European countries, also performing Bach\u2019s Double Concerto, Vivaldi\u2019s \u201cFour Seasons\u201d and Krzysztof Penderecki\u2019s \u201cDuo concertante per violin e contrabasso\u201d, commissioned by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. During this fourth joint tour, Mutter and her Virtuosi once again included a benefit concert on September 7, 2015, this one aiding the restoration of the Versailles Palace.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2016 Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi appeared in ten concerts in Aix-en-Provence, Barcelona and eight German cities. Sir Andr\u00e9 Previn\u2019s Nonet for Two String Quartets and Double Bass opened the performances, followed by Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s Double Concerto for Two Violins and Antonio Vivaldi\u2019s \u201cFour Seasons\u201d. Commemorating the 35-year anniversary of Anne-Sophie Mutter\u2019s debut in Japan, Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi travelled to Tokyo in October 2016. \u201cIn order to emphasize the bridge-building power of music here as elsewhere, I have invited some of Japan\u2019s best young string players to join Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi in Tokyo,\u201d said Anne-Sophie Mutter.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2019 Anne-Sophie Mutter went on tour again with her foundation\u2019s exclusive soloist ensemble: together they embarked upon their first tour of South America, with concerts in Buenos Aires, Frutillar, Lima and Bogot\u00e1. Felix Mendelssohn\u2019s \u201cOctet for four Violins, Two Violas and Two Cellos\u201d opened the concerts, followed by Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s Double Concerto for Two Violins and Antonio Vivaldi\u2019s \u201cFour Seasons\u201d. The ensemble of soloists under Mutter\u2019s musical direction included 13 string players, plus the Norwegian harpsichordist Knut Johannessen.<\/p>\n<p>Their seventh concert tour took Anne-Sophie Mutter and her soloist ensemble Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi to 19 European cities in October and November 2021. The world premiere of Unsuk Chin\u2019s work \u201cGran Cadenza\u201d for two violins, commissioned by Anne-Sophie Mutter, was featured on the programme, as was Mozart\u2019s String Quintet in E-flat-major K. 614. These were combined with Vivaldi\u2019s Concerto for Four Violins in B-minor Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580 and Vivaldi\u2019s \u201cFour Seasons\u201d. Twelve string players and Knut Johannessen at the harpsichord performed under Anne-Sophie Mutter\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Right at the beginning of the year 2023, Anne-Sophie Mutter and her soloist ensemble performed in Iceland, the USA and Canada. A total of seven concerts will featured the Concerto in A-major Op. 5 No. 2 by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Unsuk Chin\u2019s \u201cGran Cadenza\u201d, commissioned by Anne-Sophie Mutter, has been heard for the first time in Iceland, the USA and Canada. Vivaldi\u2019s Concerto for Four Violins in B-minor Op. 3 No. 10 as well as his \u201cFour Seasons\u201d have also been part of the programme.<\/p>\n<p>Two further concert tours in June and August\/September 2023 took Anne-Sophie Mutter and her Virtuosi to European concert halls. The programme included two works by J. S. Bach, his Violin Concerto No. 1 in A-minor and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G-major. In addition, Andr\u00e9 Previn\u2019s Nonet, commissioned by Anne-Sophie Mutter for Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi and dedicated to Anne-Sophie Mutter, has been performed, alongside the Concerto for 3 Violins in F major by Antonio Vivaldi and the Violin Concerto in A-major Op. 5 No. 2 by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges. 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Im Fr\u00fchjahr 2011 startete sie dar\u00fcber hinaus das Projekt Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi: Dieses Ensemble unter der musikalischen Leitung der Geigerin besteht aus gegenw\u00e4rtigen und ehemaligen Stipendiaten der Anne-Sophie Mutter Stiftung sowie einigen weiteren jungen Musikern. <\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><em>Auf ihren Tourneen durch Europa, Nord- und S\u00fcdamerika sowie Asien stellen Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi ihrem Publikum immer wieder neue Werke vor; Benefizkonzerte sind ein ebenso fester Bestandteil eines jeden Tourneeprogramms. Und: Das Solisten-Ensemble ist auch auf Tontr\u00e4ger und Video zu bewundern.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\"1_2,1_2\" use_custom_gutter=\"on\" disabled_on=\"off|off|off\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_margin=\"0px||0px||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0px||0px||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#FFFFFF\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_line_height=\"1.5em\" header_5_font=\"Open Sans|600|||||||\" header_5_text_color=\"#005c8c\" header_5_font_size=\"18px\" background_color=\"#FFFFFF\" custom_margin=\"0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false\" custom_padding=\"10px|20px|30px|20px|false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]Die erste Tournee 2011 f\u00fchrte in elf europ\u00e4ische St\u00e4dte. Auf dem Programm: Mendelssohns Oktett f\u00fcr Streicher op. 20, Vivaldis Vier Jahreszeiten sowie das Auftragswerk der Anne-Sophie Mutter Stiftung von Krzysztof Penderecki \u201eDuo concertante per violino e contrabbasso\u201c. Im Rahmen dieser Tournee spielten Mutter's Virtuosi zwei Benefizkonzerte: F\u00fcr die Hanna und Paul Gr\u00e4b-Stiftung, die behinderte Menschen unterst\u00fctzt, sowie zugunsten der Schweizerischen Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft. \u201eEs ist mir wichtig, dass unsere Stipendiaten ihre gesellschaftliche Verantwortung als K\u00fcnstler wahrnehmen\u201c, sagt Anne-Sophie Mutter. \u201eMusik ist ein Geschenk an alle, eine M\u00f6glichkeit, ungeachtet der Herkunft gemeinsam zu empfinden, etwas Sinnvolles zu tun und sich als Musiker in den Dienst der Gesellschaft zu stellen.\u201c<\/p><p>Das Konzertprogramm der Asien-Tournee 2013 umfasste wiederum die Klassiker von Mendelssohn und Vivaldi \u2013 und ein neues Auftragswerk der Anne-Sophie Mutter Stiftung: Am 6. Juni 2013 hoben die Geigerin und der Kontrabassist Roman Patkol\u00f3 Sebastian Curriers \u201eRingtone Variations\u201c in Seoul aus der Taufe.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\"1_2\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#FFFFFF\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_image src=\"https:\/\/www.anne-sophie-mutter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/asm-spendiat.jpg\" title_text=\"asm-spendiat\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" fullwidth=\"on\" disabled_on=\"off|off|off\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"RGBA(255,255,255,0)\" background_video_mp4=\"https:\/\/www.anne-sophie-mutter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Stipentiaten.mp4\" height=\"400px\" custom_margin=\"0px||0px||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0px||0px||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" disabled_on=\"off|off|off\" admin_label=\"Biografie\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_enable_image=\"off\" parallax=\"on\" custom_margin=\"100px||0px||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0px||0px||false|false\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_row column_structure=\"2_3,1_3\" use_custom_gutter=\"on\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_margin=\"0px||0px||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0px||100px||false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"2_3\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#FFFFFF\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_line_height=\"1.5em\" header_2_font=\"Open Sans|700|||||||\" header_5_font=\"Open Sans|600|||||||\" header_5_text_color=\"#005c8c\" header_5_font_size=\"18px\" background_color=\"#FFFFFF\" custom_margin=\"0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false\" custom_padding=\"10px|20px|10px|20px|false|false\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"]<\/p><p>Im November 2014 ging Anne-Sophie Mutter erneut mit ihren Virtuosi auf Tournee. Sie gastierten an sieben Abenden in Kanada und in den USA \u2013 darunter auch in der legend\u00e4ren Carnegie Hall. Die Auftragskomposition der Anne-Sophie Mutter Stiftung \u201eRingtone Variations\u201c sowie das Previn Violinkonzert Nr. 2 waren dabei erstmals auf dem amerikanischen Kontinent im Konzertsaal zu h\u00f6ren. Zum Tourneerepertoire geh\u00f6rten zudem das Bach Doppelkonzert f\u00fcr zwei Violinen, das Mendelssohn Oktett sowie Vivaldis Vier Jahreszeiten. Zwei Benefizkonzerte umrahmten die Nordamerika-Tournee.<\/p><p>Bei Anne-Sophie Mutters Club-Auftritten in der Berliner \u201eNeuen Heimat\u201c im Mai 2015 kamen ihre Virtuosi f\u00fcr Vivaldis Vier Jahreszeiten und das Bach Doppelkonzert mit auf die B\u00fchne \u2013 f\u00fcr die jungen Ensemble-Mitglieder eine unvergessliche Erfahrung. Deutsche Grammophon und ZDF waren als Koproduzenten vor Ort, um das Ereignis aufzunehmen, das auf CD, Vinyl, DVD und Blu-ray Disc verf\u00fcgbar ist. \u201eIch wollte unbedingt mit meinen Virtuosi auf die B\u00fchne\u201c, sagt Anne-Sophie Mutter. \u201eSie sind ein integraler Teil meines Lebens mit Idealen, was man mit Musik in der Gesellschaft bewegen kann. Es geht ja letztendlich darum, dass wir mit der Musik auch zueinanderfinden und dass sie eine Br\u00fccke schl\u00e4gt, nicht nur zwischen Generationen, sondern zwischen kulturellen Unterschieden, die wir aufgebaut haben, zwischen religi\u00f6sen, teilweise dogmatischen Mauern, die zwischen uns stehen.\u2019\u201c<\/p><p>Die Urauff\u00fchrung von Sir Andr\u00e9 Previns \u201eNonett f\u00fcr zwei Streichquartette und Kontrabass\u201c \u2013 von der Geigerin f\u00fcr Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi in Auftrag gegeben und ihr gewidmet \u2013 gibt am 26. August 2015 den Auftakt zu einer Europa-Festival-Tournee des jungen Ensembles. In acht europ\u00e4ischen L\u00e4ndern erklangen au\u00dferdem Bachs Doppelkonzert, Vivaldis Vier Jahreszeiten sowie Krzysztof Pendereckis \u201eDuo concertante per violino e contrabbasso\u201c, eine Auftragskomposition f\u00fcr die Anne-Sophie Mutter Stiftung. Auch bei dieser, der mittlerweile vierten, gemeinsamen Tournee gaben Mutter und ihre Virtuosi ein Benefizkonzert: Am 7. September 2015 spielten sie zugunsten der Restaurierung des Schlosses Versailles.<\/p><p>Im April 2016 gastierten Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi an zehn Abenden in Aix en Provence, Barcelona sowie in acht deutschen St\u00e4dten. Sir Andr\u00e9 Previns \u201eNonett f\u00fcr zwei Streichquartette und Kontrabass\u201c er\u00f6ffnete hierbei die Konzerte, gefolgt von Johann Sebastian Bachs \u201eDoppelkonzert f\u00fcr zwei Violinen\u201c sowie Antonio Vivaldis \u201eVier Jahreszeiten\u201c. Zum 35-j\u00e4hrigen Jubil\u00e4um des Debuts von Anne-Sophie Mutter in Japan gastierten Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi im Oktober 2016 in Tokio. \u201eUm auch hier wieder die br\u00fcckenbauende Kraft der Musik zu unterstreichen, habe ich in Tokio einige der besten jungen Streicher Japans in Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi mit aufgenommen\u201c sagt Anne-Sophie Mutter.<\/p><p>Im November 2019 ging Anne-Sophie Mutter zum sechsten Mal mit dem exklusiven Solisten-Ensemble ihrer Stiftung auf Tournee: Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi gastierten erstmals in S\u00fcdamerika \u2013 mit Konzerten in Buenos Aires, Lima und Bogota. Felix Mendelssohns \u201eOktett f\u00fcr vier Violinen, zwei Viola und zwei Violoncelli\u201c er\u00f6ffneten die Konzerte, gefolgt von Johann Sebastian Bachs \u201eDoppelkonzert f\u00fcr zwei Violinen\u201c sowie Antonio Vivaldis \u201eVier Jahreszeiten\u201c. Das Solisten-Ensemble unter Mutters musikalischer Leitung umfasste insgesamt 13 Streicher, erg\u00e4nzt durch den norwegischen Cembalisten Knut Johannessen.<\/p><p>Die siebte Tournee f\u00fchrte im Herbst 2021 in 19 europ\u00e4ische St\u00e4dte. Die Urauff\u00fchrung des von Anne-Sophie Mutter in Auftrag gegebenen Werks \u201eGran Cadenza\u201c f\u00fcr zwei Violinen von Unsuk Chin stand ebenso auf dem Programm wie Mozarts Streichquintett Es-Dur, KV 614. Dazu erklang Vivaldis Konzert f\u00fcr vier Violinen h-Moll, op. 3 No. 10, RV 580 sowie Vivaldis \u201eVier Jahreszeiten\u201c. Zw\u00f6lf Streicher sowie Knut Johannessen am Cembalo konzertierten unter der Leitung von Anne-Sophie Mutter.<\/p><p>Zu Beginn des Jahres 2023 wiar Anne-Sophie Mutter mit ihrem Solisten Ensemble in Island, den USA sowie in Kanada zu Gast. Bei insgesamt sieben Konzerten wurde Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges\u2018 Konzert in A-Dur, op. 5 No. 2 aufgef\u00fchrt. Des weiteren war die Auftragskomposition von Anne-Sophie Mutter, Unsuk Chin\u2019s \u201eGran Cadenza\u201c, zum ersten Mal in Island, in den USA und in Kanada zu h\u00f6ren. Vivaldi\u2019s Konzert f\u00fcr 4 Violinen h-moll, op. 3 No 10 sowie Vivaldis \u201eVier Jahreszeiten\u201c standen ebenfalls auf dem Programm.<\/p><p>Zwei weitere Tourneen im Juni und im August\/September 2023 f\u00fchrten Anne-Sophie Mutter und ihre Virtuosi durch Europa. Das Repertoire umfasste zwei Werke von J.S. Bach, sein Violinkonzert No. 1 in a-Moll und das Brandenburgische Konzert Nr. 3, G-Dur. Zudem das Nonett von Andr\u00e9 Previn, eine Auftragskomposition f\u00fcr Anne-Sophie Mutter f\u00fcr Mutter\u2019s Virtuosi, der Geigerin gewidmet, sowie das Concerto in F-Dur f\u00fcr 3 Violinen, Streichorchester und Basso continuo von Antonio Vivaldi und Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges\u2018 Konzert in A-Dur, op. 5 No. 2. 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