Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter CLH was born in Rheinfelden, Germany. She began her international violin career at age thirteen, at the 1976 Lucerne Festival, and performed as a soloist under the conductor Herbert von Karajan at the 1977 Salzburg Festival. A four-time Grammy Award winner, Mutter has performed twenty-five world premieres. She works to support next-generation musicians and is committed to numerous philanthropic projects, including the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. Mutter has received numerous honours, including the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and a French Medal of the Legion of Honour in the rank of Chevalier.