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{{short description|German violinist (born 1963)}}
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'''Anne-Sophie Mutter''' (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist. Born and raised in [[Rheinfelden (Baden)|Rheinfelden]], Baden-Württemberg, Mutter started playing the violin at age five and continued studies in Germany and [[Switzerland]]. She was supported early in her career by [[Herbert von Karajan]] and made her orchestral debut with the [[Berlin Philharmonic]] in 1977. Since Mutter gained prominence in the 1970s and 1980s, she has recorded over 50 albums, mostly with the [[Deutsche Grammophon]] label, and performed as a soloist with leading [[Orchestra|orchestras]] worldwide and as a [[recitalist]]. Her primary instrument is the [[Lord Dunn–Raven Stradivarius]] violin. 

Mutter's repertoire includes traditional classical violin works from the [[Baroque music|Baroque]] period to the [[20th-century classical music|20th century]], but she also is known for performing, recording, and commissioning new works by present-day composers. As an advocate of contemporary music, she has had several works composed especially for her, by [[Thomas Adès]], [[Unsuk Chin]], [[Sebastian Currier]], [[Henri Dutilleux]], [[Sofia Gubaidulina]], [[Witold Lutosławski]], [[Norbert Moret]], [[Krzysztof Penderecki]], [[André Previn]], [[Wolfgang Rihm]], [[Jörg Widmann]], and [[John Williams]]. 

Mutter has received numerous awards and prizes, including four [[Grammy Awards]] (1994, 1999, 2000, and 2005), [[Echo Klassik]] awards (2009, 2014), the [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria|Grand Decoration of Honour of Austria]] (2007), the Grand Cross [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (2009), France's [[Legion of Honour]] (2009), Spain's [[Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts]] (2016), [[Romania]]'s Grand Cross [[National Order of Merit (Romania)|National Order of Merit]] (2017), [[Poland]]'s Gold [[Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis]] (2018), Japan's [[Praemium Imperiale]] (2019), the [[Polar Music Prize]] (2019), and holds honorary memberships at the [[Royal Academy of Music]] (1986) and [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (2013). 

Mutter founded the Association of Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation e.V. in 1997 and the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation in 2008, which support young string musicians. She frequently gives benefits concerts and, since 2021, has been the president of the [[German Cancer Aid]] charity.

== Early life ==
Mutter was born in the German town of [[Rheinfelden (Baden)|Rheinfelden]], Baden-Württemberg. Her parents were Karl Wilhelm Mutter and Gerlinde Mutter and she was raised with two older brothers. While Mutter's father was a journalist who edited a newspaper in [[Baden-Württemberg]], her mother was the first woman in her family to graduate from college. Although no one in the home played a musical instrument, all were passionate about classical music.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rocca |first1=Jane |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: What I know about men |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/anne-sophie-mutter-what-i-know-about-men-20180607-p4zjyy.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=9 June 2018 |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601170953/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/anne-sophie-mutter-what-i-know-about-men-20180607-p4zjyy.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mutter began piano lessons at age five but after a few months switched to the violin after listening to an album of the [[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Mendelssohn]] and [[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Beethoven]] violin concertos that her parents had given to each other as an engagement present. At age six, after only one year of violin lessons, Mutter won the National Music Prize, and in 1972 she gave her first concert, with the then 343-year-old [https://winterthur.com/de/kunst-kultur/musik/musikkollegium-winterthur.html Musikkollegium Winterthur].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Harriet |title=Interview: Anne-Sophie Mutter |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/interview-annesophie-mutter-20111201-1o7i4.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 December 2011 |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601201442/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/interview-annesophie-mutter-20111201-1o7i4.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Inspired by another recording, of violinist [[Yehudi Menuhin]] with [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], she then began studying with Erna Honigberger, a pupil of [[Carl Flesch]]; and when Honigberger died, in 1974, she continued with [[Aida Stucki]], also a former student of Flesch, at the Winterthur Conservatory.<ref name=LSO>{{cite web |title=LSO International Violin Festival: Meet Anne-Sophie Mutter |url=https://lso.co.uk/more/blog/446-lso-international-violin-festival-meet-anne-sophie-mutter.html |access-date=1 August 2019 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029101232/https://lso.co.uk/more/blog/446-lso-international-violin-festival-meet-anne-sophie-mutter.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career ==
===1970s–1980s===
[[File:Stucki mutter pfaendler.jpg|thumb|Anne-Sophie Mutter with [[Aida Stucki]]]]
Mutter's playing began to receive attention and she stopped attending school to devote herself full-time to music. Conductor [[Herbert von Karajan]] arranged for her to play with the [[Berlin Philharmonic]]. Only 13 years old at the time, she made her public debut on stage in 1976 at the [[Lucerne Festival]], where she played [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Violin Concerto No. 4 (Mozart)|Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major]]. In 1977, she performed at the [[Salzburg Whitsun Festival]] and with the [[English Chamber Orchestra]] conducted by [[Daniel Barenboim]]. Critics praised the level of maturity in Mutter's performance, with one reviewer of ''[[Die Welt]]'' writing, ""She played it ravishingly, and above all, she did not play it at all like a child prodigy. Her technique is fully mature."<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Berliner Philharmoniker The violinist and the orchestra celebrate their 40-year artistic partnership |url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschichten/20162017/anne-sophie-mutter/ |website=Berlin Philharmoniker |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=29 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529032557/https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/titelgeschichten/20162017/anne-sophie-mutter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
At 15, Mutter made her first recording of the Mozart [[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Mozart)|Third]] and [[Violin Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)|Fifth]] violin concerti with Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic.<ref name=LSO />

Mutter started to perform outside Europe in the early 1980s. In 1980, Mutter made her American debut with the [[New York Philharmonic]] playing [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]]'s [[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Violin Concerto]] under [[Zubin Mehta]]. That same year she also made her debut with the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] performing [[Romance for violin and orchestra no. 1 Op. 40 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's Romance in G major]] and [[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Mozart)|Mozart's Third Violin Concerto]] under [[Georg Solti]], and her debut with the [[National Symphony Orchestra]] playing Mozart's Third Violin Concerto under [[Mstislav Rostropovich]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: U.S. Debut |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/anne-sophie-mutter/guides/facts/performer/ |website=Classic FM |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214193510/https://www.classicfm.com/artists/anne-sophie-mutter/guides/facts/performer/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Solti 58: Anne-Sophie Mutter |url=https://csoarchives.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/solti-58-anne-sophie-mutter/ |website=Chicago Symphony Orchestra Archives |date=14 May 2012 |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214193507/https://csoarchives.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/solti-58-anne-sophie-mutter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year Mutter made her debut at [[Carnegie Hall]] playing Mozart's [[Violin Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)|Fifth Violin Concerto]] with the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] under [[Riccardo Muti]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: Carnegie Hall+ Artist to Watch |url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Articles/2022/03/14/Anne-Sophie-Mutter-Carnegie-Hall-Plus-Artist-to-Watch |website=Carnegie Hall |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214193507/https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Articles/2022/03/14/Anne-Sophie-Mutter-Carnegie-Hall-Plus-Artist-to-Watch |url-status=live }}</ref> and made her debut with the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] performing [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|Bruch's Violin Concerto]] under [[Seiji Ozawa]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=PREVIEW: Mutter, Previn and Williams at Tanglewood |url=https://theberkshireedge.com/preview-mutter-previn-and-williams-at-tanglewood/ |website=Berkshire The Edge |date=5 July 2019 |access-date=14 February 2023}}</ref>  Mutter's Japanese debut was in Tokyo (1981) with the Berlin Philharmonic under Karajan, followed by her Russian debut in Moscow (1985).<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: Biography |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/annesophiemutter/biography |website=Deutsche Grammophon |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208234816/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/annesophiemutter/biography |url-status=live }}</ref>

After three years of her debut with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] in 1980, in which she played Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto under [[Claudio Abbado]], Mutter was named the honorary President of [[Oxford University]]'s Mozart Society.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter Profile |url=https://www.praemiumimperiale.org/en/laureate-en/laureates-en/mutter-en |website=Premium Imperiale |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214200012/https://www.praemiumimperiale.org/en/laureate-en/laureates-en/mutter-en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LSO International Violin Festival: Meet Anne-Sophie Mutter |url=https://www.lso.co.uk/component/content/article.html?id=446:lso-international-violin-festival-meet-anne-sophie-mutter |website=London Symphony Orchestra |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214200009/https://www.lso.co.uk/component/content/article.html?id=446:lso-international-violin-festival-meet-anne-sophie-mutter |url-status=live }}</ref> 
In 1985, at the age of 22, she was made an honorary fellow of the [[Royal Academy of Music]] (London) and head of its faculty of international violin studies and in 1986 an honorary member.<ref name="Hon RAMS 14 October 09">{{cite web| title=Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music (Oct.14, 2009)| url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/whoswho/Pages/HonRAM.aspx| publisher=Royal Academy of Music| date=14 October 2009| access-date=14 October 2009| archive-date=24 September 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924145851/http://www.ram.ac.uk/whoswho/Pages/HonRAM.aspx| url-status=dead}}</ref> 

Beginning in the late 1980s, Mutter expanded her repertoire and devoted herself more to contemporary works, a focus that would become a significant component of her career. In 1986, Mutter premiered  [[Witold Lutosławski]]'s Chain 2, Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra, with the Zurich Collegium Musicum.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klein |first1=Michael |title=Chain 2, Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra (1985) |url=https://americansymphony.org/concert-notes/chain-2-dialogue-for-violin-and-orchestra-1985/ |website=American Symphony Orchestra |date=18 November 2005 |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214212455/https://americansymphony.org/concert-notes/chain-2-dialogue-for-violin-and-orchestra-1985/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Norbert Moret]] composed his Violin  Concert En rêve for Mutter in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: New World Symphony at Carnegie Hall With Anne-Sophie Mutter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/arts/music/review-new-world-symphony-at-carnegie-hall-with-anne-sophie-mutter.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2023 |date=19 April 2015 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214212453/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/arts/music/review-new-world-symphony-at-carnegie-hall-with-anne-sophie-mutter.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 1988, she also made a grand tour of Canada and the United States, performing as a soloist with orchestras<ref>{{cite web |title=1988: Digital Archives |url=https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/ecc34767-eca1-455c-b8bc-86942412adc4-0.1?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=*&npp:SoloistsNames_facet&#91;0&#93;=Mutter%2C+Anne-Sophie&doctype=program |website=New York Philharmonic | date=7 April 1988 |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214214158/https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/ecc34767-eca1-455c-b8bc-86942412adc4-0.1?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=*&npp:SoloistsNames_facet%5B0%5D=Mutter,+Anne-Sophie&doctype=program |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter Joins San Francisco Symphony as Artist-in-Residence |url=https://playbill.com/article/anne-sophie-mutter-joins-san-francisco-symphony-as-artist-in-residence |website=Playbill |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215004225/https://playbill.com/article/anne-sophie-mutter-joins-san-francisco-symphony-as-artist-in-residence |url-status=live }}</ref> and giving solo recitals with pianist [[Lambert Orkis]]. Mutter made her recital debuts in  New York (at [[Carnegie Hall]]), Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Montreal, [[Toronto]], and other cities and debuted with the [[San Francisco Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Henahan |first1=Donal |title=Review/Violin: Anne-Sophie Mutter in New York Recital Debut |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/arts/review-violin-anne-sophie-mutter-in-new-york-recital-debut.html |access-date=17 February 2023 |agency=The New York Times |date=16 December 1988 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214214327/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/arts/review-violin-anne-sophie-mutter-in-new-york-recital-debut.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cariaga |first1=Daniel |title=Music Reviews : Anne-Sophie Mutter in Violin Recital at Pavilion |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-19-ca-303-story.html |access-date=17 February 2023 |agency=Los Angeles Times |date=19 December 1988 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214214159/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-19-ca-303-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McLellan |first1=Joseph |title=Has Strad, Will Travel |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/12/10/has-strad-will-travel/b94d59ab-3bf6-4e49-a1fd-be6378ed609d/ |access-date=17 February 2023 |agency=The Washington Post |date=10 December 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter Joins San Francisco Symphony as Artist-in-Residence |url=https://playbill.com/article/anne-sophie-mutter-joins-san-francisco-symphony-as-artist-in-residence |access-date=17 February 2023 |agency=Playbill |date=22 January 2020 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215005730/https://playbill.com/article/anne-sophie-mutter-joins-san-francisco-symphony-as-artist-in-residence |url-status=live }}</ref>  Mutter premiered music by [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] and [[André Previn]] and performed classic works such as [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Violin Concerto]] and violin sonatas by Beethoven, [[Brahms]], [[César Franck|Franck]], and [[Giuseppe Tartini|Tartini]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Koegh |first1=Tom |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: 'I'm a work in progress' |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/anne-sophie-mutter-lsquoirsquom-a-work-in-progressrsquo/ |website=Seattle Times |access-date=14 February 2023 |date=2 March 2013 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214222225/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/anne-sophie-mutter-lsquoirsquom-a-work-in-progressrsquo/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: Archives |url=https://archives.bso.org/Search.aspx?searchType=Performance&Soloist=Anne-Sophie%20Mutter |website=Boston Symphony Orchestra |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214222225/https://archives.bso.org/Search.aspx?searchType=Performance&Soloist=Anne-Sophie%20Mutter |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cariaga |first1=Daniel |title=Music Reviews : Anne-Sophie Mutter in Violin Recital at Pavilion |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-19-ca-303-story.html |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214214157/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-19-ca-303-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Henahan |first1=Donal |title=Review/Violin; Anne-Sophie Mutter in New York Recital Debut |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/arts/review-violin-anne-sophie-mutter-in-new-york-recital-debut.html |access-date=14 February 2023 |date=16 December 1988 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214214322/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/arts/review-violin-anne-sophie-mutter-in-new-york-recital-debut.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1990s===
By the 1990s, Mutter had established herself as an international star, transitioning from ''Wunderkind'' to mature artist<ref>{{cite news |last1=McLellan |first1=Joseph |title=HAS STRAD, WILL TRAVEL |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/12/10/has-strad-will-travel/b94d59ab-3bf6-4e49-a1fd-be6378ed609d/ |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=The Washington Post |date=10 December 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Umbach |first1=Klaus |title=Ich bin ein einziger großer Glücksfall |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/ich-bin-ein-einziger-grosser-gluecksfall-a-aab2f283-0002-0001-0000-000013494853 |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=Der Spiegel |date=19 February 1989 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215021329/https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/ich-bin-ein-einziger-grosser-gluecksfall-a-aab2f283-0002-0001-0000-000013494853 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Woolfe |first1=Zachary |title=Flair, Intensity and Drama Circle Back a Quarter-Century Later |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/arts/music/anne-sophie-mutter-returns-to-carnegie-hall.html |access-date=17 February 2023 |agency=The New York Times |date=16 December 2013 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214201345/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/arts/music/anne-sophie-mutter-returns-to-carnegie-hall.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The press described her as a "master of the violin" and "musician of near peerless virtuosity and unimpeachable integrity," with critics noting her glamorous image.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baer |first1=Austin |title=As the Saying Goes, "All is in Order" |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/ae/98apr/98aprcl.htm |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=The Atlantic |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215013953/https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/ae/98apr/98aprcl.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Beethoven: The Complete Violin Sonatas/ A Life With Beethoven |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beethoven-the-complete-violin-sonatas-a-life-with-beethoven-73795/ |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=billboard |date=26 September 2002 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215013952/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beethoven-the-complete-violin-sonatas-a-life-with-beethoven-73795/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=In Conversation with ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER |url=https://www.altenburg-arts.com/anne-sophie-mutter-1997 |website=Altenburg Arts |access-date=14 February 2023 |date=1 December 1997 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215015636/https://www.altenburg-arts.com/anne-sophie-mutter-1997 |url-status=live }}</ref> One author of ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' wrote in regards to Mutter's rise to fame: "In the meantime, the entire classical music world knows these tones and this musical master: Anne-Sophie Mutter, now 25, is probably the only world star made in Germany in today's instrumentalist trade and the first violinist from [Germany] who can keep up with the world's violin standard. After [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]]'s flight of fancy, no other serious musician from Germany – gender notwithstanding – has succeeded in rising more quickly from the first floor to the penthouse of the international guild of interpreters. In her line of work she is at the top: Frau Fiddler on the roof."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Umbach |first1=Klaus |title="Ich bin ein einziger großer Glücksfall" |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/ich-bin-ein-einziger-grosser-gluecksfall-a-aab2f283-0002-0001-0000-000013494853 |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=Der Spiegel |date=19 February 1989 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215021329/https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/ich-bin-ein-einziger-grosser-gluecksfall-a-aab2f283-0002-0001-0000-000013494853 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1990s, Mutter premiered [[Wolfgang Rihm]]'s Gesungene Zeit (1992), [[Sebastian Currier]]'s Aftersong (1994) and [[Krzysztof Penderecki]]'s Violin Concert No. 2  ''Metamorphosen'' (1995).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Libbey |first1=Theodore |title=The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music |date=2006 |publisher=Workman Publishing Company |page=539}}</ref> That same decade, Mutter released some of her best-selling albums, including [[Carmen Fantasy (Sarasate)|Carmen Fantasie]] with [[James Levine]] and the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] (1993) and [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]]'s [[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|Four Seasons]] with Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic (recorded in 1984, published in 1994) and another Vivaldi's Four Seasons album with the [[Trondheim Soloists]] (1999).<ref>{{cite web |title=ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER album sales |url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/771 |website=Best Selling Albums |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215001452/https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/771 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: Biography |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/annesophiemutter/biography |website=Deutsche Grammophon |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208234816/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/annesophiemutter/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 1998 she played and recorded for CD and DVD the complete set of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s Violin Sonatas (released 1999), accompanied by [[Lambert Orkis]]; these were broadcast on television in many countries. Mutter devoted an entire year to performing all ten of Beethoven's [[Violin sonatas (Beethoven)|violin sonatas]] in the "Beethoven: Face to Face" tour in cities throughout North America and Europe, including additional modern pieces.<ref>{{cite news |last1=von Rhein |first1=John |title=WITH LOVE TO LUDWIG |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-04-21-9804210194-story.html |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=Chicago Tribune |date=21 April 1998 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215005340/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-04-21-9804210194-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hohennadel |first1=Kristin |title=Playing to Her Heart's Content |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-20-ca-597-story.html |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=LA Times |date=20 February 2000 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215005338/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-20-ca-597-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Music critic [[Anthony Tommasini]] of the ''[[New York Times]]'' wrote on a concert of the Beethoven tour, "Ms. Mutter's playing had its trademark qualities: rich yet focused tone, striking varieties of sound, articulate yet supple rhythmic play. But her increasing work in recent years with living composers has brought a new kind of intellectual energy to her playing, for she was particularly attentive to the bold turns in this youthful music."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tommasini |first1=Anthony |title=MUSIC REVIEW; An Evening of Drama, and Not All of It Beethoven's |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/16/arts/music-review-an-evening-of-drama-and-not-all-of-it-beethoven-s.html |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=The New York Times |date=16 April 1998 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215005340/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/16/arts/music-review-an-evening-of-drama-and-not-all-of-it-beethoven-s.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2000s===
With the turn of the century, Mutter continued supporting new music and began collaborating with composer and conductor [[André Previn]], who dedicated several works to Mutter. Mutter premiered a Tango Song and Dance in 2002, which Previn composed for her.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tango Song and Dance (1997) |url=https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/31690/Tango-Song-and-Dance--Andr%C3%A9-Previn/ |website=Wise Music Classical |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215223650/https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/31690/Tango-Song-and-Dance--Andr%C3%A9-Previn/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mutter also gave the first permanence and recording of Previn's [[Violin Concerto (Previn)|Violin Concerto]] with the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] the same year,<ref>{{cite web |title=Composers Datebook: Previn's Violin Concerto |url=https://www.yourclassical.org/episode/2016/03/14/previns-violin-concerto |website=Your Classical |date=14 March 2016 |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215223653/https://www.yourclassical.org/episode/2016/03/14/previns-violin-concerto |url-status=live }}</ref> of which the recording became a critical success.<ref>{{cite news |title=30 of the greatest violinists on record: A Collection of phenomenal violin recordings ... |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/30-of-the-greatest-violinists-on-record |access-date=16 February 2023 |agency=Grammophone |date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217220614/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/30-of-the-greatest-violinists-on-record |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mutter does Previn Proud: André Previn leads the LSO and Boston Symphony Orchestra in his own violin concerto, beautifully performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/andre-previn/album-reviews/mutter-does-previn-proud/ |website=Classic FM |access-date=17 February 2023 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217220619/https://www.classicfm.com/artists/andre-previn/album-reviews/mutter-does-previn-proud/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  Mutter toured with orchestras under the direction of Previn, performing his concerto and later premiering Previn's double concerto for violin and contrabass in 2007 with Roman Patkoló.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Westphal |first1=Matthew |title=Previn, Mutter and Boston Symphony Give World Premiere of Previn's Double Concerto |url=https://playbill.com/article/previn-mutter-and-boston-symphony-give-world-premiere-of-previns-double-concerto |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=Playbill |date=19 April 2007 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215225151/https://playbill.com/article/previn-mutter-and-boston-symphony-give-world-premiere-of-previns-double-concerto |url-status=live }}</ref> Two years later, she premiered his Second Piano Trio with [[Lynn Harrell]] and Previn and Concerto for Violin and Viola with [[Yuri Bashmet]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Steve |title=André Previn Leads Debut of His Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/arts/music/28luke.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2023 |date=27 April 2009 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215223648/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/arts/music/28luke.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=André Previn: Piano Trio (2009) |url=https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/43089/Piano-Trio--Andr%C3%A9-Previn/ |website=Wise Music Classical |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215223650/https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/43089/Piano-Trio--Andr%C3%A9-Previn/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Other contemporary works dedicated to Mutter that she premiered included [[Henri Dutilleux]]'s Nocturne for violin and orchestra ''[[Sur le même accord]]'' (2002) under [[Kurt Masur]] conducting the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] and [[Sofia Gubaidulina]]'s violin concerto (2007) under [[Sir Simon Rattle]] with the [[Berlin Philharmonic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=US Premiere of Gubaidulina Second Violin Concerto |url=https://wophil.org/us-premiere-of-gubaidulina-second-violin-concerto/?doing_wp_cron=1676500369.6335289478302001953125 |website=Women Philharmonic Advocacy |access-date=14 February 2023 |date=9 March 2009 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215223653/https://wophil.org/us-premiere-of-gubaidulina-second-violin-concerto/?doing_wp_cron=1676500369.6335289478302001953125 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Whittall |first1=Arnold |title=Bach; Gubaidulina Violin Concertos |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/bach-gubaidulina-violin-concertos |website=Grammphone |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215233007/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/bach-gubaidulina-violin-concertos |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WORK OF THE WEEK – HENRI DUTILLEUX: SUR LE MÊME ACCORD |url=https://www.schott-music.com/en/blog/work-of-the-week-henri-dutilleux-sur-le-meme-accord/ |website=Schott Music Group |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215223653/https://www.schott-music.com/en/blog/work-of-the-week-henri-dutilleux-sur-le-meme-accord/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

For [[Mozart]]'s 250th Anniversary from 2005 to 2006, Mutter toured throughout Europe, North America, and Asia, including China, Japan, [[Korea]], and [[Taiwan]], performing Mozart's complete [[Mozart violin concertos|Violin Concertos]], the [[Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (Mozart)|Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra]] and complete [[Piano Trios (Mozart)|Piano Trios]]. Mutter performed with [[Lambert Orkis]] and [[André Previn]] as pianists. Five DVD and CD recordings containing the works performed on tour and the complete [[Mozart violin sonatas|Violin sonatas]] of Mozart were released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mutter, Orkis Explore the Genius of Mozart |url=https://www.npr.org/2006/11/27/6544360/mutter-orkis-explore-the-genius-of-mozart |website=NPR |access-date=14 February 2023 |date=27 November 2006 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215231312/https://www.npr.org/2006/11/27/6544360/mutter-orkis-explore-the-genius-of-mozart |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Violinist Mutter Pays Musical Respects to Mozart |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/NM-e/173164.htm |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=China Daily |date=29 June 2006 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215231312/http://www.china.org.cn/english/NM-e/173164.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2006, on French television, Mutter appeared to indicate that she would be retiring when she turned 45, in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last=Perkins|first=David|date=14 November 2006|title=Mutter still takes her music seriously|work=The Boston Globe|url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/11/14/mutter_still_takes_her_music_seriously/|access-date=3 May 2008|quote=Yes, yes, I said it. It is my plan to stop when I reach my 45th birthday.|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204952/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/11/14/mutter_still_takes_her_music_seriously/|url-status=live}}</ref> However the following month she said that her words were "misinterpreted" and that she would continue to play as long as she felt she could "bring anything new, anything important, anything different to music".<ref>{{cite news|last=Brookes|first=Stephen|date=19 November 2006|title=Violinist Mutter, Revving Her Motor|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/17/AR2006111700291.html|access-date=21 November 2006|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624063946/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/17/AR2006111700291.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2010s-present===
[[File:Anne- Sophie Mutter01 (51406248225).jpg|Mutter with [[Lambert Orkis]] (2021)|thumb]]
Mutter performed classical and contemporary works during the 2010s, touring Europe, North America, Asia, South America, and Australia. For her yearly tours and performances, she continued her collaborations with [[Lambert Orkis]] and performed the major concertos of the classical repertoire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter |url=https://www.bso.org/profiles/anne-sophie-mutter |website=Boston Symphony Orchestra |access-date=15 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216194120/https://www.bso.org/profiles/anne-sophie-mutter |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-sophie-mutter-violin |url=https://www.opmc.mc/en/anne-sophie-mutter-violin/ |website=Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216194124/https://www.opmc.mc/en/anne-sophie-mutter-violin/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MUSIC DIRECTOR MANFRED HONECK WELCOMES VIOLINIST ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER TO OPEN 2014–2015 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEASON |url=https://blogs.pittsburghsymphony.org/2014/08/music-director-manfred-honeck-welcomes-violinist-anne-sophie-mutter-to-open-2014-2015-pittsburgh-symphony-orchestra-season/ |website=Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |access-date=15 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216194120/https://blogs.pittsburghsymphony.org/2014/08/music-director-manfred-honeck-welcomes-violinist-anne-sophie-mutter-to-open-2014-2015-pittsburgh-symphony-orchestra-season/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter Plays Dvořák |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/08/anne-sophie-mutter-plays-dvorak |access-date=15 February 2023 |agency=The Guardian |date=7 September 2015 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216194119/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/08/anne-sophie-mutter-plays-dvorak |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter & The Mutter Virtuosi |url=https://teatrocolon.org.ar/en/season-2019/great-international-interpreters/produccion/anne-sophie-mutter-mutter-virtuosi |website=TheatroColón |access-date=15 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216194120/https://teatrocolon.org.ar/en/season-2019/great-international-interpreters/produccion/anne-sophie-mutter-mutter-virtuosi |url-status=live }}</ref> She premiered Wolfgang Rihm's "Lichtes Spiel" with the New York Philharmonic and "Dyade" with double bass player Roman Patkoló  in 2010  and [[Sebastian Currier]]'s "Time Machines" with the New York Philharmonic conducted by [[Alan Gilbert (conductor)|Alan Gilbert]] in 2011 to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schweitzer |first1=Vivian |title=Pairing Wolfgangs From Two Eras |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/arts/music/20mutter.html |access-date=14 February 2023 |agency=The New York Times |date=19 November 2010 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216194120/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/arts/music/20mutter.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Loomis |first1=George |title=Currier concerto given sterling premiere by Mutter and New York Philharmonic |url=https://theclassicalreview.com/2011/06/currier-concerto-given-sterling-premiere-by-mutter-and-new-york-philharmonic/ |website=The Classical Review |access-date=14 February 2023 |date=3 June 2011 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216194120/https://theclassicalreview.com/2011/06/currier-concerto-given-sterling-premiere-by-mutter-and-new-york-philharmonic/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2011, Mutter established the Mutter Virtuosi, composed of select students and graduates of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation (established 2008) that perform with Mutter. The chamber ensemble has toured multiple times throughout different continents in the 2010s, performing modern works and classics such as [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]]'s [[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|Four Seasons]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mutter Virtuosi |url=https://cso.org/about/performers/visiting-artists/ensembles/mutter-virtuosi/ |website=Chicago Symphony Orchestra |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216180942/https://cso.org/about/performers/visiting-artists/ensembles/mutter-virtuosi/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As part of [[Deutsche Grammophon]]'s series to introduce classical music to broader audiences, Mutter and the Mutter Virtuosi performed works by [[Bach]], [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]], [[Gershwin]] and [[John Williams]] in a night club at Berlin's venue Neue Heimat in 2015. The performance was recorded for The Club Album – Live from the Yellow Lounge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: The Club Album – Live from the Yellow Lounge |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/anne-sophie-mutter/music/club-album-live-from-yellow-lounge/ |website=Classic FM |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216230938/https://www.classicfm.com/artists/anne-sophie-mutter/music/club-album-live-from-yellow-lounge/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mutter gave the world premiere of Previn's "Violin Concerto no. 2 for Violin and String Orchestra with the [[Trondheim Soloists]] in 2012,<ref>{{cite web |title=André Previn Violin Concerto No. 2 (2010 |url=https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/47201/Violin-Concerto-No-2--Andr%C3%A9-Previn/ |website=Wise Music Classical |access-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216225923/https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/47201/Violin-Concerto-No-2--Andr%C3%A9-Previn/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the premier of Sebastian Currier's "Ringtone Variations" for violin and double bass in 2013,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Herman |first1=Barbara |title=Cellphone-Inspired 'Ringtone Variations' By Sebastian Currier Debuts At Carnegie Hall |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/cellphone-inspired-ringtone-variations-sebastian-currier-debuts-carnegie-hall-1723288 |access-date=16 February 2023 |agency=International Business Times |date=13 November 2014 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216225921/https://www.ibtimes.com/cellphone-inspired-ringtone-variations-sebastian-currier-debuts-carnegie-hall-1723288 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the premiere of [[John Williams]]' Markings for solo violin, strings and harp with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under [[Andris Nelsons]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tanglewood: Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams Première |url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/classical-music/tanglewood-anne-sophie-mutter-john-williams-premiere |access-date=16 February 2023 |agency=[[The New Yorker]] |date=16 July 2017 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216225921/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/classical-music/tanglewood-anne-sophie-mutter-john-williams-premiere |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Mutter premiered Previn's The Fifth Season,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hope |first1=Daniel |title=VC INTERVIEW: Anne-Sophie Mutter – March 4th's World Premiere of Sir André Previn's 'The Fifth Season' |url=https://theviolinchannel.com/anne-sophie-mutter-andre-previn-fifth-season-world-premiere-interview/ |website=The Violin Channel |date=27 February 2018 |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216225922/https://theviolinchannel.com/anne-sophie-mutter-andre-previn-fifth-season-world-premiere-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Krzysztof Penderecki's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2, and his ''Duo concertante per violino e contrabbasso''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Penderecki Sonatas for Violin and Piano |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/penderecki-sonatas-for-violin-and-piano |website=Gramophone |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216225923/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/penderecki-sonatas-for-violin-and-piano |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2018, Mutter gave a concert with pianist [[Lang Lang]] titled the Berlin Concert with the [[Staatskapelle Berlin]] under [[Manfred Honeck]] for the 120 Anniversary of [[Deutsche Grammophon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=THE BERLIN CONCERT: ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER & LANG LANG |url=https://news.imz.at/industry-news/news/the-berlin-concert-anne-sophie-mutter-lang-lang-4358296/ |website=IMZ |date=3 October 2018 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228200509/https://news.imz.at/industry-news/news/the-berlin-concert-anne-sophie-mutter-lang-lang-4358296/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For the anniversary, Mutter also gave concerts in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]], and Tokyo, Japan. The following year, Mutter performed for the 20th anniversary of the [[Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra]] with [[Maxim Vengerov]] and [[Martha Argerich]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra 20th Anniversary Concert |url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/oxford-philharmonic-20th-anniversary-concert |website=Barbican |date=12 January 2019 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228200504/https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/oxford-philharmonic-20th-anniversary-concert |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, Mutter joined [[John Williams]] to perform William's works for solo violin and orchestra, titled "Across The Stars". The tour and album contained works from William's film scores, with such notable pieces as the [[Star Wars]] themes, Rey and Yoda, and [[Hedwig's Theme]] from [[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pearl |first1=Jonah |title=Review: "Across the Stars" – Mutter Plays John Williams |url=https://theclassicreview.com/album-reviews/review-across-the-stars-mutter-plays-john-williams/ |website=The Classic Review |access-date=15 February 2023 |date=19 September 2019 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216212303/https://theclassicreview.com/album-reviews/review-across-the-stars-mutter-plays-john-williams/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, Mutter toured Europe with the [[West–Eastern Divan Orchestra]], playing Beethoven's [[Triple Concerto (Beethoven)|Triple Concerto]] with [[Daniel Barenboim]] and [[Yo-Yo Ma]]. The tour included stops in [[Buenos Aires]] and Berlin, and resulted in the release of a CD by [[Deutsche Grammophon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=When Daniel Barenboim, Yo-Yo Ma and Anne-Sophie Mutter combined to gift us achingly beautiful Beethoven |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/daniel-barenboim/yo-yo-ma-anne-sophie-mutter-beethoven-trio/ |website=Classic FM |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216182708/https://www.classicfm.com/artists/daniel-barenboim/yo-yo-ma-anne-sophie-mutter-beethoven-trio/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Beethoven Anniversary Album |url=https://west-eastern-divan.org/new-beethoven-album |website=West-Eastern Divan Orchestra |access-date=14 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216182709/https://west-eastern-divan.org/new-beethoven-album |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2019, Mutter premiered [[Sebastian Currier]]'s Ghost Trio with [[Daniel Müller-Schott]] and Lambert Orkis at [[Carnegie Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schreil |first1=Christina |title=Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter Named 2019 Polar Music Prize Laureate |url=https://stringsmagazine.com/violinist-anne-sophie-mutter-named-2019-polar-music-prize-laureate/ |website=Strings Magazine |date=20 June 2019 |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216210450/https://stringsmagazine.com/violinist-anne-sophie-mutter-named-2019-polar-music-prize-laureate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2019, Mutter stopped during a performance of Beethoven's [[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Violin Concerto]] with the [[Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra]] to ask a cellphone user to stop recording. The incident received significant press coverage and refueled debates about concert cellphone etiquette.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coolidge |first1=Sharon |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: World-famous violinist stops performance in Cincinnati to ask front-row patron to stop recording. |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2019/09/30/audience-member-escorted-out-anne-sophie-mutter-performance/3821790002/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |agency=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=1 October 2019 |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521170106/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2019/09/30/audience-member-escorted-out-anne-sophie-mutter-performance/3821790002/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Paulson |first1=Michael |last2=Cooper |first2=Michael |title=Filming the Show: Pardon the Intrusion? Or Punish It? |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/06/theater/theater-etiquette-cellphone-anne-sophie-mutter.html |access-date=20 February 2023 |agency=The New York Times |date=6 October 2019 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221004800/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/06/theater/theater-etiquette-cellphone-anne-sophie-mutter.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter speaks out on mobile phone filming incident |url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/anne-sophie-mutter-speaks-out-on-mobile-phone-filming-incident/9572.article |agency=The Strad |date=7 October 2019 |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402033435/https://www.thestrad.com/news/anne-sophie-mutter-speaks-out-on-mobile-phone-filming-incident/9572.article |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Maddy |title=After phone filming controversy, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter issues plea to 'keep live moments sacrosanct' |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/anne-sophie-mutter/phone-filming-controversy-keep-live-moments/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |agency=Classic FM |date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221004805/https://www.classicfm.com/artists/anne-sophie-mutter/phone-filming-controversy-keep-live-moments/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Niles |first1=Laura |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter Stops Concert to Call Out Cell Phone User |url=https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20199/27931/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |agency=Violinist |date=30 September 2019 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221004801/https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20199/27931/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Mutter has recently premiered several pieces that have been dedicated to her, including [[Jörg Widmann]]'s string quartet ''Studie über Beethoven'' in Tokyo (2020), [[John Williams]]' [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Williams)|Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2]] in [[Tanglewood]] with the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] (2021), [[Unsuk Chin]]'s violin duet ''Gran Cadenza'' (2021) in [[Regensburg]] with violinist Ye-Eun Choi and [[Thomas Adès]]' work for violin and orchestra ''Air – Homage to Sibelius'' (2022) at the [[Lucerne Festival]] with the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: Violin |url=https://www.dallassymphony.org/people/anne-sophie-mutter/ |website=Dallas Symphony Orchestra |access-date=17 February 2023 |archive-date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219002023/https://www.dallassymphony.org/people/anne-sophie-mutter/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Violin Concerto No. 2: John Williams wrote his Violin Concerto No. 2 for violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter |url=https://www.bso.org/works/violin-concerto-no-2 |website=Boston Symphony Orchestra |access-date=17 February 2023 |archive-date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219002023/https://www.bso.org/works/violin-concerto-no-2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Air – Homage to Sibelius (violin and orchestra) |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/e5b21c50-0b07-4835-8f79-75355dd86d23 |website=Fabermusic |access-date=17 February 2023 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321180315/https://www.fabermusic.com/music/e5b21c50-0b07-4835-8f79-75355dd86d23 |url-status=live }}</ref> Mutter's 2023 Virtuosi tour has also included works by [[Chevalier de Saint-Georges|Joseph Bologne]] in an effort to revive the composer's legacy.<ref>{{cite web |title=VIRTUOSI TOURS: 2023 |url=https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/anne-sophie-mutter-foundation/virtuosi-tourneen/mutters-virtuosi-tournee-2019-1-2/ |website=Anne-Sophie Mutter |access-date=22 April 2023 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329000037/https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/anne-sophie-mutter-foundation/virtuosi-tourneen/mutters-virtuosi-tournee-2019-1-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Willingham |first1=AJ |title=Chevalier, or the so-called 'Black Mozart,' had a fascinating life. Now it's at the heart of a movie |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/chevalier-movie-joseph-bologne-composer-true-story-cec/index.html |access-date=22 April 2023 |agency=CNN |date=22 April 2023 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422161748/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/chevalier-movie-joseph-bologne-composer-true-story-cec/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Repertoire==
Mutter's works include traditional classic pieces that are part of the violin repertoire. Mutter has performed and made recordings of the major violin concertos by [[List of concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bartók)|Bartók]], [[Violin Concerto (Berg)|Berg]], [[Brahms Violin Concerto|Brahms]], [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|Bruch]], [[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Beethoven]], [[Violin Concerto (Dvořák)|Dvořák]], [[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Mendelssohn]], [[Mozart violin concertos|Mozart]], [[Violin Concerto (Sibelius)|Sibelius]], [[Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky)|Tchaikovsky]], and [[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|Vivaldi]]. Her repertoire includes performances and recordings of the double and triple concertos by [[Brahms Double Concerto|Brahms]] and [[Triple Concerto (Beethoven)|Beethoven]], violin romances by Beethoven, Bruch, and Dvořák, and popular orchestral works by [[Massenet]], [[Sarasate]], and [[Saint Saëns]], and standard solo works by Bach and [[Paganini]]. Part of her repertoire encompasses chamber works such as the complete violin sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart, other sonatas by [[Bartók]], [[Cesar Franck|Franck]], Mendelssohn, [[Prokofiev]] and [[Tartini]], trios by Beethoven and Mozart, and string quartets by Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn, and Schubert's [[Trout Quintet]] and [[Fantasy in C major, D 934|Fantasy in C Major]].<ref>{{xref|{{noitalic|Please refer to the section Discography for works included in Mutter's repertoire.}}}}</ref>

Though her repertoire includes many classical works, Mutter is particularly known for her performances of contemporary music. Several pieces have been specially written for or dedicated to her, including [[Henri Dutilleux]]'s ''[[Sur le même accord]]'', Krzysztof Penderecki's Second Violin Concerto, Witold Lutosławski's ''Chain 2'' and the orchestral version of ''Partita'', and Wolfgang Rihm's ''Gesungene Zeit'' ("Time Chant"), ''Lichtes Spiel'', and ''Dyade'' and Sofia Gubaidulina's Violin Concerto No. 2 "In tempus praesens," among others. Mutter premiered André Previn's [[Violin Concerto (Previn)|Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"]], whose recording received a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=McDermott|first=Tricia|date=14 February 2019|title=2005 Grammy Award winners|work=[[CBS]]|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2005-grammy-award-winners/|access-date=28 December 2021|archive-date=21 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621153006/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500150_162-673822.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Mutter's recordings of Penderecki's Violin Concerto No. 2, ''Metamorphosen'', and Rihm's ''Time Chant'' also received Grammy Awards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist: Anne-Sophie Mutter: All GRAMMY Awards and Nominations for Anne-Sophie Mutter |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/anne-sophie-mutter/5265 |website=Grammy |access-date=20 February 2023 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220220351/https://www.grammy.com/artists/anne-sophie-mutter/5265 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

World renowned film score composer and five times [[Academy Awards]] winner John Williams composed original music for her, including a 2017 pièce for violin, strings and harp called "Markings", and in 2019 arrangements for violin and orchestra of [[Theme music|movie themes]] composed by him ''Across the Stars'', recorded by Mutter and Williams with the [[Recording Arts Orchestra]] of Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news|title=John Williams And Anne-Sophie Mutter, 2 Geniuses For The Price Of One|language=en|work=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/24/753877978/john-williams-and-anne-sophie-mutter-2-geniuses-for-the-price-of-one?t=1640678300807|access-date=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228084711/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/24/753877978/john-williams-and-anne-sophie-mutter-2-geniuses-for-the-price-of-one?t=1640678300807|url-status=live}}</ref> Mutter commissioned Williams' [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Williams)|second violin concerto]], recorded in 2022 by Mutter and the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] with Williams conducting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Williams Conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker for the First Time on 'The Berlin Concert'|url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/john-williams/news/john-williams-conducts-the-berliner-philharmoniker-for-the-first-time-on-the-berlin-concert-264911|access-date=28 December 2021|website=www.deutschegrammophon.com|language=en|archive-date=27 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227150119/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/john-williams/news/john-williams-conducts-the-berliner-philharmoniker-for-the-first-time-on-the-berlin-concert-264911|url-status=live}}</ref> Mutter also appeared as soloist in John Williams' debut concert with the [[Vienna Philharmonic|Wiener Philharmoniker]] on 28 and 29 January 2020, recorded by [[Deutsche Grammophon]] and released in the live album "John Williams in Vienna", which became the best-selling album of orchestral music in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Williams in Vienna: 2020s best-selling orchestral album is released as new double-album fan edition|url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/john-williams/news/john-williams-in-vienna-2020s-best-selling-orchestral-album-is-released-as-new-double-album-fan-edition-261754|access-date=28 December 2021|website=www.deutschegrammophon.com|language=en|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715181932/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/john-williams/news/john-williams-in-vienna-2020s-best-selling-orchestral-album-is-released-as-new-double-album-fan-edition-261754|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Playing style and appearance ==
[[File:Anne-Sophie Mutter (2021) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Anne-Sophie Mutter, 2021]]

Anne-Sophie Mutter is known for her versatile technique, dynamic range of style, richness of tone and articulate, colorful sound.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tommasini |first1=Anthony |title=MUSIC REVIEW; An Evening of Drama, and Not All of It Beethoven's |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/16/arts/music-review-an-evening-of-drama-and-not-all-of-it-beethoven-s.html |access-date=21 February 2023 |agency=The New York Times |date=16 April 1998 |archive-date=15 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215005342/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/16/arts/music-review-an-evening-of-drama-and-not-all-of-it-beethoven-s.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Da Fonseca-Wollheim |first1=Corinna |title=Review: Anne-Sophie Mutter Pays Tribute to Previn at Carnegie Hall |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/arts/music/review-anne-sophie-mutter-andre-previn-carnegie.html |access-date=21 February 2023 |agency=The New York Times |date=13 March 2019 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221184831/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/arts/music/review-anne-sophie-mutter-andre-previn-carnegie.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Lawrence |title=Mutter delivers luminous Beethoven with CSO; Muti tests positive for Covid again, withdraws from concert |url=https://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2022/06/mutter-delivers-luminous-beethoven-with-cso-muti-tests-positive-for-covid-again-withdraws-from-concert/ |website=Chicago Classical Review |access-date=21 February 2023 |date=17 June 2022 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221184831/https://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2022/06/mutter-delivers-luminous-beethoven-with-cso-muti-tests-positive-for-covid-again-withdraws-from-concert/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Critics have noted Mutter's personal and thorough interpretation of the music and dedication to the musical works she plays, as she often studies the letters, original scores, and other historical documents by the composer to guide her interpretation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hillenbrand |first1=Barry |last2=Moor |first2=Paul |title=Playing the World: When violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter takes Beethoven on the road, the halls are full and the music sublime |agency=Time International |issue=17 |date=27 April 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Niles |first1=Laurie |title=Violinist.com interview with Anne-Sophie Mutter: Brahms Sonatas |url=https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/201011/11857/ |access-date=21 February 2023 |agency=Violinist |date=28 November 2010 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221184836/https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/201011/11857/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Finane |first1=Ben |title=Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter Stresses Authenticity, Dedication and 'Daring to Be Personal' |url=https://playbill.com/article/violinist-anne-sophie-mutter-stresses-authenticity-dedication-and-daring-to-be-personal |access-date=21 February 2023 |agency=Playbill |date=28 February 2018 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222064341/https://playbill.com/article/violinist-anne-sophie-mutter-stresses-authenticity-dedication-and-daring-to-be-personal |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE MOZART PROJECT: W. A. Mozart by Letters |url=https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/projects/the-mozart-project/mozart-biography-letters/ |website=Anne-Sophie Mutter |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220204925/https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/projects/the-mozart-project/mozart-biography-letters/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mutter often divides critics: some praise the sublimity, gracefulness, dexterity, intellectual energy, and sophistication of her music, while others view her playing overly refined, idiosyncratic and caught up in minute details and maintain that Mutter over-interprets works and imposes herself on the music.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huizenga |first1=Tom |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: 35 Years, 40 Recordings |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2011/09/27/140808162/anne-sophie-mutter-35-years-40-recordings |access-date=21 February 2023 |agency=NPR |date=27 September 2011 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221184829/https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2011/09/27/140808162/anne-sophie-mutter-35-years-40-recordings |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moss |first1=Stephen |title=Passion player |url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,212409,00.html |access-date=21 February 2023 |agency=The Guardian |date=21 April 2000 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221184830/https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,212409,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Berlin Recital Review |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/mutter-the-berlin-recital |website=Gramaphone |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221184832/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/mutter-the-berlin-recital |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grella |first1=George |title=Mutter delivers unforgettable Sibelius with Danish National Orchestra |url=https://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2015/02/mutter-delivers-unforgettable-sibelius-with-danish-national-orchestra/ |access-date=21 February 2023 |agency=New York Classical Review |date=12 February 2015 |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221185334/https://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2015/02/mutter-delivers-unforgettable-sibelius-with-danish-national-orchestra/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Mutter is known for performing in strapless gowns. Mutter explained that she felt having fabric on her shoulder made it too slippery to hold her violin firmly while she was playing.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Henry |first=Derrick |date=28 February 1997 |title=Contemporary Twist |pages=128 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51859542/anne-sophie-mutter-henry/ |access-date=31 March 2022 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808194538/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51859542/anne-sophie-mutter-henry/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 February 1991 |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter Siskind |pages=28 |work=The Ottawa Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51859940/anne-sophie-mutter-siskind/ |access-date=31 March 2022 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808203621/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51859940/anne-sophie-mutter-siskind/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Instruments ==
She owns two [[Stradivarius]] violins: the Emiliani of 1703, and the [[Lord Dunn-Raven Stradivarius]] of 1710,<ref>{{cite news |last=Hinson |first=Mark |date=3 April 2017 |title=Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter clocks in at FSU |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51871193/anne-sophie-mutter-tallahassee-1/ |work=[[Tallahassee Democrat]] |location=Tallahassee, Florida |page=A1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629180156/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51871193/anne-sophie-mutter-tallahassee-1/ |url-status=live }} [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51871021/anne-sophie-mutter-tallahassee-2/ continued on page A5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227150631/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51871021/anne-sophie-mutter-tallahassee-2/ |date=27 December 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stamets |first=Russell |date=6 May 1990 |title=Classical beauty in all forms |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51859266/anne-sophie-mutter-stamets/ |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |location=St. Petersburg, Florida |page=71 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629180156/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51859266/anne-sophie-mutter-stamets/ |url-status=live }}</ref> of which Mutter primarily performs on the latter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter on fine and contemporary instruments |url=https://www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/anne-sophie-mutter-on-fine-and-contemporary-instruments/10533.article |website=The Strad |access-date=16 February 2023 |date=29 September 2021 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209022837/https://www.thestrad.com/playing-hub/anne-sophie-mutter-on-fine-and-contemporary-instruments/10533.article |url-status=live }}</ref> Mutter acquired the Emilinia from [[J & A Beare|John & Arthur Beare]] in London in 1979 and the Lord Dunn-Raven from [[Bein & Fushi]] in Chicago in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1703, the 'Emiliani' |url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/property/?ID=41221 |website=Tarisio |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217192004/https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/property/?ID=41221 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1710, "The Lord Dunraven" |url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/property/?ID=41222 |website=Tarisio |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217190501/https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/property/?ID=41222 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Lawrence |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Saturday after a 21-year absence |url=https://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2010/09/anne-sophie-mutter-returns-to-the-chicago-symphony-orchestra-saturday-after-a-21-year-absence/ |website=Chicago Classical Review |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217192538/https://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2010/09/anne-sophie-mutter-returns-to-the-chicago-symphony-orchestra-saturday-after-a-21-year-absence/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She also owns a [[Finnigan-Klaembt]] dated 1999 and a [[Roberto Regazzi|Regazzi]] dated 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dynamic.it/e_scheda.php?pid=537 |title=.:. Dynamic .:. Product Details |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604132143/http://www.dynamic.it/e_scheda.php?pid=537 |archive-date=4 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Mutter has described her Stradivarius violin as her soul mate, saying "It sounded the way I (had) always been hoping. It's the oldest part of my body and my soul. The moment I am on stage, we are one, musically." Mutter ascribes the personal fit of her Stradivarius violin to the "depths of the colors and the incredible amount of dynamic range."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Lianne |title=Preserving the heavenly sound of Stradivarius violins |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/24/stradivarius.violins/index.html |access-date=16 February 2023 |agency=CNN |date=24 February 2011 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217022641/http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/24/stradivarius.violins/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She prefers the Lord Dunn-Raven, stating that the Emilia lacks "a dimension: It has no edginess. I miss the unbridled power. I need this roughness for the eruptive moments of the [[Beethoven's violin sonatas|Beethoven sonatas]]. You need it for [[Brahms]], [[Sibelius]] and contemporary works."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holm |first1=Carsten |title=Fiddling the Stradivarius Market |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/mad-about-strads-fiddling-the-stradivarius-market-a-525745.html |access-date=16 February 2023 |agency=Der Spiegel |date=4 January 2008 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217194421/https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/mad-about-strads-fiddling-the-stradivarius-market-a-525745.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Public engagement==

Throughout her career, Mutter has held many benefit concerts for various organizations such as Save the Children Japan, Save the Children Yemen, Artists against Aids, the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Hanna and Paul Gräb Foundation's Haus der Diakonie in Wehr-Öflingen, the Bruno Bloch Foundation, Beethoven Fund for Deaf Children, SOS Children's Villages in Syria and others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: Biography |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/annesophiemutter/biography |website=Deutsche Grammophon |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626172911/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/annesophiemutter/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Mutter gave a benefit concert commemorating a liberation concert in May 1945 for [[Holocaust]] survivors by [[Ex-Concentration Camp Orchestra]], Jewish musicians who survived the Holocaust, at the [[St. Ottilien Archabbey]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter spielt Konzert Holocaust-Überlebender |url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/bayern/article181637596/Anne-Sophie-Mutter-spielt-Konzert-Holocaust-Ueberlebender.html |access-date=16 February 2023 |agency=Die Welt |date=23 September 2018 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217203138/https://www.welt.de/regionales/bayern/article181637596/Anne-Sophie-Mutter-spielt-Konzert-Holocaust-Ueberlebender.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, the [[New York Philharmonic]] and Mutter performed Jewish music, including Previn's violin concerto at [[Peenemünde]], a former [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] army research center site.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wagenheim |first1=Mike |title=Nazi weapons site to be filled with the sounds of Jewish-composed music |url=https://www.jns.org/nazi-weapons-site-to-be-filled-with-the-sounds-of-jewish-composed-music/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |agency=Jewish News Syndicate |date=13 May 2022 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220200212/https://www.jns.org/nazi-weapons-site-to-be-filled-with-the-sounds-of-jewish-composed-music/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Chloe |title=New York Philharmonic Performs at Peenemünde |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/germany/article/New-York-Philharmonic-Performs-at-Peenemnde-20220526 |access-date=17 February 2023 |agency=Broadway World |date=26 May 2022 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220200212/https://www.broadwayworld.com/germany/article/New-York-Philharmonic-Performs-at-Peenemnde-20220526 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since March 2022, Mutter has been giving benefit concerts for Ukrainians in light of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER'S VITA |url=https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/biography/vita-anne-sophie-mutter/ |website=Anne-Sophie Mutter |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601185357/https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/biography/vita-anne-sophie-mutter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mutter founded the Association of Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation e.V. in 1997 and further established the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation in 2008, which supports young stringed instrument players and provides scholarships for talented individuals.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Anne-Sophie Mutter Stiftung |url=https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/anne-sophie-mutter-foundation/the-anne-sophie-mutter-foundation/ |website=Anne-Sophie Mutter |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601183840/https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/anne-sophie-mutter-foundation/the-anne-sophie-mutter-foundation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mutter initiated the foundation based on her belief that "Music should grip people, move people; it should tell stories; it should have an impact." Since 2011, the ensemble group Mutter's Virtuosi performs with Mutter and includes students supported by the foundation that also commissions new works for its students.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Predota |first1=George |title=On This Day 29 June: Anne-Sophie Mutter Was Born |url=https://interlude.hk/on-this-day-29-june-anne-sophie-mutter-was-born/ |website=Interlude |access-date=20 February 2023 |date=29 June 2022 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220204856/https://interlude.hk/on-this-day-29-june-anne-sophie-mutter-was-born/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Notable former scholarship holders and Mutter's Virtuosi members include violinists [[Timothy Chooi]], [[Fanny Clamagirand]], [[Vilde Frang]], [[Sergey Khachatryan]], [[Arabella Steinbacher]], [[Noa Wildschut]], and [[Nancy Zhou]] and cellists [[Pablo Ferrández]], [[Maximilian Hornung]], [[Linus Roth]], [[Daniel Müller-Schott]], and [[Kian Soltani]], among others.<ref>{{cite web |title=THE SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS |url=https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/anne-sophie-mutter-foundation/scholarship-holders/dominik-wagner-1/ |website=Anne-Sophie Mutter |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601183939/https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/anne-sophie-mutter-foundation/scholarship-holders/dominik-wagner-1/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2011–2023: VIRTUOSI TOURS|url=https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/anne-sophie-mutter-foundation/virtuosi-tourneen/mutters-virtuosi-tournee-2019-1-2/|website=Anne-Sophie Mutter|access-date=1 June 2022|archive-date=1 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201204513/https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/anne-sophie-mutter-foundation/virtuosi-tourneen/mutters-virtuosi-tournee-2019-1-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Mutter voiced her concerns about the impact of lockdowns on musicians, particularly classical musicians, and called for the [[German government]] to provide financial support.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schließ |first1=Gero |title=Star violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter speaks on COVID-19 policy |url=https://www.dw.com/en/it-lacks-any-logic-star-violinist-anne-sophie-mutter-speaks-out-on-covid-19-policy/a-55357344 |access-date=20 February 2023 |agency=Deutsche Welle |date=22 October 2020 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220234012/https://www.dw.com/en/it-lacks-any-logic-star-violinist-anne-sophie-mutter-speaks-out-on-covid-19-policy/a-55357344 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter calls on German government to help musicians |url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/anne-sophie-mutter-calls-on-german-government-to-help-musicians/11377.article |access-date=20 February 2023 |date=28 October 2020 |archive-date=5 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205105618/https://www.thestrad.com/news/anne-sophie-mutter-calls-on-german-government-to-help-musicians/11377.article |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 2021, Anne-Sophie Mutter was elected president of the [[German Cancer Aid]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter to become president of German Cancer Aid |url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/anne-sophie-mutter-to-become-president-of-german-cancer-aid/12098.article |website=The Strad |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807194904/https://www.thestrad.com/news/anne-sophie-mutter-to-become-president-of-german-cancer-aid/12098.article |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In 1989, Mutter married her first husband, Detlef Wunderlich, with whom she had two children, Arabella and Richard. Wunderlich died of cancer in 1995.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.allthingsstrings.com/News/Interviews-Profiles/Anne-Sophie-Mutter-Launches-an-Ambitious-Three-CD-Mozart-Tribute |quote=Every tragedy, or every really wonderful moment in your life, changes you as a person, and hopefully makes you a better person, more sensible, more sensitive, more caring — more thankful for life. |title=Goddess with a Gift |journal=Strings |date=January 2006 |issue=135 |first=Inge |last=Kjemtrup |access-date=30 December 2015 |archive-date=15 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315225711/http://www.allthingsstrings.com/News/Interviews-Profiles/Anne-Sophie-Mutter-Launches-an-Ambitious-Three-CD-Mozart-Tribute |url-status=live }}</ref> She dedicated her 1999 recording, ''Vivaldi: The Four Seasons'', to his memory.<ref>Liner Notes, ''Vivaldi: The Four Seasons'' ([[Deutsche Grammophon]], 1999): 3.</ref> She married the pianist, composer, and conductor [[André Previn]], 34 years her senior,  in 2002.<ref>{{cite news | title= Previn weds Anne-Sophie Mutter | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2172469.stm | date= 4 August 2002 | work= [[BBC News]] | access-date= 23 July 2007 | archive-date= 7 March 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190307013956/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2172469.stm | url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Druckenbrod |first=Andrew |date=4 February 2010 |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter Druckenbrod |pages=54 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51859732/anne-sophie-mutter-druckenbrod/ |access-date=31 March 2022 |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815070841/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51859732/anne-sophie-mutter-druckenbrod/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The couple divorced in 2006,<ref>{{cite news | title= Conductor André Previn to divorce | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5271896.stm | date= 21 August 2006 | work= [[BBC News]] | access-date= 23 July 2007 | archive-date= 3 March 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190303061842/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5271896.stm | url-status= live }}</ref> but continued to collaborate musically and maintained their friendship.<ref>{{cite web | author=Barbara Jepson | url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB122756931186154533 | title=The Reigning Diva of the Violin Embraces Contemporary Music | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=25 November 2008 | access-date=16 December 2014 | archive-date=17 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217013127/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB122756931186154533 | url-status=live }}</ref> She lives in Munich.<ref name="m768">{{cite web | last=Kläsener | first=Sabina | title=Interview: Münchnerin Anne-Sophie Mutter über neuen Dokumentar-Film | website=Hallo München – Ihre lokale Wochenzeitung für München | date=18 March 2023 | url=https://www.hallo-muenchen.de/interview/interview-muenchen-anne-sophie-mutter-dokumentation-film-klassik-92152308.html | language=de | access-date=5 March 2025}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
[[File:Anne-Sophie Mutter honorary doctor NTNU.jpg|Mutter receives honorary doctorate from [[ Norwegian University of Science and Technology|NTNU]] in [[Trondheim]] (2010)|thumb]]
* [[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]:
** Anne-Sophie Mutter and [[Lambert Orkis]] for ''[[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]: The Violin Sonatas (Nos. 1–3, Op. 12; Nos. 1–3, Op. 30; "Spring" Sonata)'' ([[Grammy Awards of 2000|2000]])
* [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]:
** Anne-Sophie Mutter and André Previn (conductor) for ''Previn: [[Violin Concerto (Previn)|Violin Concerto]] "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: [[Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"|Serenade]]'' ([[Grammy Awards of 2005|2005]])
** Anne-Sophie Mutter, [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] (conductor) and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] for ''Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 2, Metamorphosen '' ([[Grammy Awards of 1999|1999]])
** Anne-Sophie Mutter, [[James Levine]] (conductor) and the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] for ''Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant'' ([[Grammy Awards of 1994|1994]])
* Naming of Anne-Sophie-Mutter-Weg in [[Wehr, Baden-Württemberg]] (Eng: Anne-Sophie Mutter way) (27 August 1988)<ref>{{cite news |last=Obermeyer |first=Justus |date=27 August 2018 |title=Wie Anne-Sophie Mutter vor 30 Jahren Ehrenbürgerin von Wehr wurde |url=https://www.suedkurier.de/region/hochrhein/wehr/Wie-Anne-Sophie-Mutter-vor-30-Jahren-Ehrenbuergerin-von-Wehr-wurde;art372624,9869218 |work=[[Südkurier]] |location=Konstanz |language=de |access-date=25 August 2019 |archive-date=25 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825164628/https://www.suedkurier.de/region/hochrhein/wehr/Wie-Anne-Sophie-Mutter-vor-30-Jahren-Ehrenbuergerin-von-Wehr-wurde;art372624,9869218 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg]] (1999)
* [[Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art]] (1999)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question | language = de | page = 1266 | website = Parlament.gv.at | access-date = 24 January 2013 | archive-date = 1 May 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200501061109/https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Léonie Sonning Music Prize|Sonning Award]] (2001; Denmark)
* [[Cultural Honor Prize of the City of Munich]] (2001)<ref name="w921">{{cite web | title=Geschenk an die Welt | website=[[Der Standard]] | url=https://www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/story/842022/geschenk-an-die-welt | language=de | access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref>
* [[Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art]] (2002)
* [[Herbert von Karajan Music Prize]] (Baden-Baden, 2003)<ref>{{cite news | title= Anne-Sophie Mutter wins top award | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2992228.stm | date= 15 June 2003 | work= [[BBC News]] | access-date= 23 July 2007 | archive-date= 2 March 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190302091318/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2992228.stm | url-status= live }}</ref>
* Knight of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (2005)
* [[Victoires de la Musique Classique]] (2006)
* [[Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria]] (2007)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question | language = de | page = 1790 | website = Parlament.gv.at | access-date = 24 January 2013 | archive-date = 1 May 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200501061109/https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Ernst von Siemens Music Prize]] (2008)
* [[Mendelssohn Prize]] (Music category) (Leipzig, 2008)
* [[Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (''Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse'') (2009)
* [[Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur]] (France, 2009) for her commitment to the works of contemporary music by French
* [[Echo Klassik]] as Instrumentalist (2009)
* European St. Ulrichs Prize (July 2009) 
* Doctor Honoris Causa from the [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology]] (NTNU) (2010)<ref>{{cite news|title=News in brief – Gemini – Research news from NTNU and SINTEF|url=http://www.ntnu.no/gemini/2010_autumn/news-in-brief.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223095853/http://www.ntnu.no/gemini/2010_autumn/news-in-brief.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2013|website=Ntnu.no|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref>
* Prize of the Cultural Foundation of Dortmund
* [[Brahms Prize]] (Brahms Society of [[Schleswig-Holstein]], 2011) 
* Atlantic Council Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award (2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acus.org/event/2012-annual-awards-dinner |title=2012 Annual Awards Dinner &#124; Atlantic Council |access-date=22 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530074635/http://www.acus.org/event/2012-annual-awards-dinner |archive-date=30 May 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Bavarian Order of Merit]]
* Honorary Member of the [[Royal Academy of Music]]
* [[Erich Fromm Prize]] for her comprehensive social work (2011)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71a9kYCrebU| title = IEFG Award Ceremony 2011| language = de| website = Youtube.com| date = 27 July 2011| access-date = 18 January 2018| archive-date = 18 February 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170218155701/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71a9kYCrebU| url-status = live}}</ref>
* Gustav Adolf Prize of Gustav-Adolf-Werk of the Evangelical Church in [[Hesse-Nassau]] for her socially diaconal commitment<ref>{{cite web | url=http://magazin.klassik.com/news/teaser.cfm?ID=9006 | title=Anne-Sophie Mutter erhält Gustav-Adolf-Preis | work=Klassik Magazin | date=22 November 2011 | access-date=16 December 2014 | archive-date=17 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217014056/http://magazin.klassik.com/news/teaser.cfm?ID=9006 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* The Medal of the [[Lutosławski]] Centennial (25 January 2013)<ref>{{cite web | title = Towarzystwo im. Witolda Lutosławskiego | url = http://www.lutoslawski.org.pl/en/anniversary,6.html | website = NLutoslawski.org.pl | access-date = 18 January 2018 | archive-date = 29 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210629180158/http://www.lutoslawski.org.pl/en/anniversary,6.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* Named a Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (April 2013)<ref>{{cite web
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* [[Echo Klassik]] 2014 for the album 'Dvořák'<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2014 |title=Echo Klassik: Anne-Sophie Mutter/Berliner Philharmoniker/Manfred Honeck |url=http://www.echoklassik.de/klassik-konzerteinspielung-19jh-2014/ |access-date=31 March 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903194021/http://www.echoklassik.de/klassik-konzerteinspielung-19jh-2014/ |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Named an Honorary Fellow of [[Keble College, Oxford]]<ref>{{cite web| title = Anne-Sophie Mutter celebrates Keble Honorary Fellowship| url = http://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/about/news/anne-sophie-mutter-celebrates-keble-honorary-fellowship| website = Keble.ox.ac.uk| access-date = 18 January 2018| archive-date = 4 May 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190504014813/http://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/about/news/anne-sophie-mutter-celebrates-keble-honorary-fellowship| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* 11th Yehudi Menuhin Prize from the Foundation Albeniz (2016)<ref>{{cite web|title=Fundación Albéniz. Otros programas. Premio Yehudi Menuhin|url=https://www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es/en/distinctions|website=escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224111903/https://www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es/en/distinctions|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes|Medalla de Oro al Merito en las bellas Artes]] (2016)<ref>{{cite web| title = Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes| url = http://www.elmundo.es/cultura/2016/12/05/58458b5846163fcc548b45ba.html| website = Elmundo.es| date = 5 December 2016| access-date = 18 January 2018| archive-date = 19 January 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120044/http://www.elmundo.es/cultura/2016/12/05/58458b5846163fcc548b45ba.html| url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[National Order of Merit (Romania)|Romanian Cultural Order of Merit with the rank]] of Grand Officer (2017)
* Gold [[Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web | title = Lista laureatów medalu Zasłużony Kulturze – Gloria Artis | url = http://www.mkidn.gov.pl/pages/strona-glowna/ministerstwo/odznaczenia/medal-zasluzony-kulturze---gloria-artis.php | website = www.mkidn.gov.pl | access-date = 17 June 2018 | archive-date = 1 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171101054035/http://www.mkidn.gov.pl/pages/strona-glowna/ministerstwo/odznaczenia/medal-zasluzony-kulturze---gloria-artis.php | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Polar Music Prize]] (2019)<ref>{{cite news |last=Snapes |first=Laura |date=13 February 2019 |title=Grandmaster Flash and Anne-Sophie Mutter win 2019 Polar Music prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/13/grandmaster-flash-and-annie-sophie-mutter-win-2019-polar-music-prize |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=14 February 2019 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214034722/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/13/grandmaster-flash-and-annie-sophie-mutter-win-2019-polar-music-prize |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Berliner Bär]] (BZ-Cultural Prize) (2019)
* [[Praemium Imperiale]] (2019)<ref>{{cite news |last=Cullingford |first=Martin |date=17 September 2019 |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter receives Praemium Imperiale Award |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/anne-sophie-mutter-receives-praemium-imperiale-award |work=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] |location=London |access-date=17 September 2019 |archive-date=18 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918042426/https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/anne-sophie-mutter-receives-praemium-imperiale-award |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Cultural Award of [[Baden-Württemberg]] (2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kulturpreis für Anne-Sophie Mutter |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/vorbildhafte-geigerin-kulturpreis-fuer-anne-sophie-mutter-1.4726816 |website=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=17 December 2019 |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601181051/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/vorbildhafte-geigerin-kulturpreis-fuer-anne-sophie-mutter-1.4726816 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Opus Klassik, Category Instrumentalist (Violin) for ''Across the Stars'' (2020)
*Honorary Degree Of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków (2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA |url=https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/biography/krzysztof-penderecki-academy-of-music-in-krak%C3%B3w-2022/ |website=Anne-Sophie Mutter |access-date=1 June 2022 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601182308/https://www.anne-sophie-mutter.de/en/page/biography/krzysztof-penderecki-academy-of-music-in-krak%C3%B3w-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Opus Klassik  Instrumentalist of the Year Award (2023) for Williams' ''Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes''<ref>{{cite web |title=Opus Klassik 2023 Awards feature top string players |url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/opus-klassik-2023-awards-feature-top-string-players/16815.article |website=The Strad |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=1 August 2023 |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810170905/https://www.thestrad.com/news/opus-klassik-2023-awards-feature-top-string-players/16815.article |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Grand Staufer Medal in Gold (2025)<ref name="r367">{{cite web | title=Große Staufermedaille in Gold an Anne-Sophie Mutter | website=Baden-Württemberg.de | date=11 February 2025 | url=https://stm.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/service/presse/pressemitteilung/pid/grosse-staufermedaille-in-gold-an-anne-sophie-mutter | language=de | access-date=5 March 2025}}</ref>

==Discography==
[[Deutsche Grammophon]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter: Discography |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/annesophiemutter/discography |website=Deutsche Grammophon |access-date=20 February 2023 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220213625/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/annesophiemutter/discography |url-status=live }}</ref>
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* [[Mozart]] Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 (1978)
* [[Beethoven]] Triple Concerto (1980)
* Beethoven Violin Concerto (1980)
* [[Mendelssohn]] Violin Concerto / [[Max Bruch|Bruch]] Violin Concerto No. 1 (1981)
* [[Brahms]] Violin Concerto(1982)
* Brahms Double Concerto (1983)
* [[Tchaikovsky]] Violin Concerto (1988)
* Lutosławski Partita & Chain 2 / Stravinsky Violin Concerto (1988)
* Beethoven: The String Trios (1989)
* [[Bartok]] Violin Concerto No. 2 / Moret En Rêve (1991)
* [[Alban Berg|Berg]] Violin Concerto / [[Wolfgang Rihm|Rihm]] Time Chant (1992)
* Carmen-Fantasy (1993)
* Romance (1995)
* [[Sibelius]] Violin Concerto (1995)
* The Berlin Recital (1996)
* Brahms Violin Concerto / Schumann Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra (1997)
* Penderecki Violin Concerto No. 2 / Bartok Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 (1997)
* Beethoven The Violin Sonatas (1998)
* [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]] The Four Seasons (1999)
* Recital 2000 (2000)
* Lutosławski Partita for Violin and Orchestra / Chain 2 (2002)
* Beethoven Violin Concerto (2002)
* Tango Song and Dance (2003)
* [[Violin Concerto (Previn)|Previn Violin Concerto]] / [[Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"|Bernstein Serenade]] (2003)
* Tchaikovsky & Korngold Violin Concertos (2004)
* [[Dutilleux]] Sur le même accord / [[Bartok]] Violin Concerto No. 2 / [[Stravinsky]] Concerto en ré (2005)
* Mozart The Violin Concertos (2005)
* Mozart Piano Trios K502, K542, K548 (2006)
* Mozart The Violin Sonatas (August 2006)
* Simply Anne-Sophie (2006)
* [[Gubaidulina]] in tempus praesens (2008)
* Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (2009)
* Brahms Violin Sonatas (2010)
* Rihm: Lichtes Spiel; Currier: Time Machines (2011)
* The Complete Musician: Highlights (2011)
* Asm 35: The Complete Musician (2011)
* Dvořák: Violin Concerto (2013)
* The Silver Album (2014)
* Anne-Sophie Mutter Live: The Club Album from Yellow Lounge (2015)
* Mutterissimo: The Art of Anne-Sophie Mutter (2016)
* [[Franz Schubert]]: Trout Quintet (with Daniil Trifonov, Maximilian Hornung,      Hwayoon Lee, und Roman Patkaló)(2017)
* Hommage à Penderecki (2018)
* The Early Years (2018) 
* The Tokyo Gala Concert (2019)
* "Hedwig's Theme" from [[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]] (2019)
* Across the Stars (2019) (Works of [[John Williams]]; Direction: John Williams)
* "Remembrances" & "Markings" (2019)
* Beethoven Triple Concerto & Symphony 7 (with [[Barenboim]] and [[Yo-Yo Ma]]) (2020)
* John Williams in Vienna (2020) 
* Williams, Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes (2022)
*The Solo Concertos: Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Tschaikowski (2023) 
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[[Sony Classical Records]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Brahms: Double Concerto & C. Schumann: Piano Trio, Anne-Sophie Mutter & Pablo Ferrández |url=https://www.sonyclassical.com/releases/releases-details/brahms-double-concerto-c-schumann-piano-trio |website=Sony Classical |access-date=20 February 2023 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220213953/https://www.sonyclassical.com/releases/releases-details/brahms-double-concerto-c-schumann-piano-trio |url-status=live }}</ref>
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*Brahms Double Concerto & [[Clara Schumann]] Piano Trio (2022)
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[[EMI Classics]]:
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* Mozart Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (1982)
* Bach Violin Concertos / Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra (1983)
* Brahms Violin Sonatas (1983)
* Vivaldi The Four Seasons (1984)
* Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (1985)
* Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1, Sinfonia Concertante (1991)
* Meditation: Vivaldi, Mozart, Massenet, Sarasate (1995)
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==References==
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==External links==
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